[If] someone breaks through [a fence] intending to repair it, [the water] is valid; but if he repairs it, [the water] is disqualified.  [If] one eats [figs] that he had intended to spread out to dry, [the water] is valid; but if he spreads [them] out to dry, [the water] is disqualified. [If] he was eating, and left over, and threw what was in his hand under a fig tree or into the drying area so that they should not become lost, [the water] is disqualified.

[If] two people were watching the trough, [and] one of them became tamei, [the water] is valid since it is in the second [per-son’s] possession. [If] he became tahor, and the second [person] became tamei, [the water] is valid since it is in the first [person’s] possession. [If] they both became tamei at the same time, [the water] is disqualified.  [If] one of them per-formed a different activity, [the water] is valid since it is in the second [person’s] possession. [If] he stopped, and the second [person] performed a different activity, [the water] is valid since it is in the first [watchman’s] possession. [If] they both per-formed a different activity simultaneously, [the water] is disqualified.

. The person sanctifying the chatas water should not wear shoes, because if liquid would fall on one of his shoes, it is con-taminated and [the shoe] contaminates him. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”  [If] liquid fell on one’s skin, he is tahor. If it fell on his clothes, the clothes are contami-nated and contaminate him. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can con-taminate me!”

The person burning the parah [adumah], or the [sacrificial] bulls [that are burned], or the one who sends the goat [to Aza-zel], [all] contaminate clothes; the parah [adumah], the [sacrificial] bulls [that are burned], and the he-goat that is sent [to Azazel] themselves do not contaminate clothing. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”