[Regarding] a sack that is filled with produce which one placed on the riverbank, or over the opening of a cistern, or on the steps of a cave, and [the produce] absorbed [water], all [the produce] that absorbed [water] is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” R’ Yehudah says: All [the produce] that faces the water is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed,” and all [the produce] that does not face the water is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”

[Regarding] a barrel that is full of produce and it was placed into liquid, or [a barrel] full of liquid and it was placed into pro-duce, and [the produce] absorbed [liquid], all [the produce] that absorbed [liquid] is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” They said [this] with regard to these liquids: with regard to water, wine, and vinegar. But [with regard to] all the other liquids, [the produce] is tahor. R’ Nechemyah rules legumes tahor, for legumes do not absorb.

[If] one removes hot bread from an oven and places it on the mouth of a barrel of wine, R’ Meir rules [the bread] tamei; R’ Yehudah rules [the bread] tahor; R’ Yose rules [the bread] tahor in the case of wheat [bread], but rules [the bread] tamei in the case of barley [bread], because barley absorbs.

[Regarding] one who sprinkles his house [with water] and [then] placed wheat there and [the wheat] was moistened, if [it is] due to the water, it is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” But if [it is] due to the bedrock, it is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”  [Regarding] one who washes his garment in a basin, [and] he placed wheat there and [the wheat] was moistened, if [it is] due to the water, it is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [But] if [it is] due to [the kernels of wheat] themselves, it is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”  [Regarding] one who mois-tens [produce] in sand, it is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” There was an incident with the people of Machoz who would moisten [produce] in sand. [And] the Sages said to them: If this is what you have been doing, then you have nev-er in your lives produced [flour in] taharah.

[Regarding] one who moistens [produce] in dried mud, R’ Shimon says: If it contains liquid sufficient to moisten, [it is] in-cluded in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” But if not, it is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”  [Regard-ing] one who sprinkles his silo [with water], he need not be concerned that perhaps he put wheat there and it was mois-tened.  [Regarding] one who gathers [blades of] grass when dew is upon them, in order to moisten wheat with them, they are not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [But] if he intended this, it is included in [the law of] ”if [wa-ter] is placed.”  [Regarding] one who transports wheat to grind and rain fell on it, if he is happy, [it is] included in [the law of] “if [water] is placed.” R’ Yehudah says: It is impossible not to be happy, rather, [only] if he stood [still].

[If] his olives were put on the roof and rain fell on them, if he is happy, [it is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” R’ Yehudah says: It is impossible not to be happy, rather, [only] if he blocks the drainpipe, or if he rolled [the olives] about in [the water].

[Regarding] donkey drivers who were passing through a river and their sacks fell into the water, if they were happy, [it is] in-cluded in [the law of] “if [water] is placed.~” R’ Yehudah says: It is impossible not to be happy, rather, [only] if they turned [the sacks] over.  [If] one’s feet were full of mud, and similarly the feet of his animal, [and] he passed through a river, if he was happy, [it is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” R’ Yehudah says: It is impossible not to be happy, rather, [only] if he stood [still] and rinsed. With regard to a person and a nonkosher animal, it is always tamei.

[Regarding] one who brings wheels and cattle gear down to the water during a heat wave in order that they bond, this [wa-ter] is included in [the law of] «if [water] is placed.”  [Regarding] one who brings an animal down [to the water] to drink, the water that comes up in its mouth [is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” But [as for the water which is brought up] on its legs, it is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” If he intended that its legs be rinsed, even [the water] brought up on its legs [is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” During the time of footsores and threshing, [the wa-ter] is always tamei.  [If] a deaf-mute, a deranged person, or a minor brought [the animal] down [to the water], even though he intended that its feet be rinsed, [the water] is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed,” for they have [legal] actions, but they do not have [legal] intent.

[Regarding] one who bent down to drink, the water that comes up on his mouth and mustache [is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [But as for the water] on his nose and on his head and his beard, it is not included in [the law of] “if [wa-ter] is placed.”  [Regarding] one who fills a barrel [with water], the water that comes up on its outside, and on the rope that is coiled around its neck, and on the rope that is for its needs, this [water] is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” How much is ”for its needs”? R’ Shimon ben Elazar says: A tefach.  [If] he put it beneath a pipe, [the water] is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”

[Regarding] someone upon whom rain fell, even if [he is] an av hatumah, [the water] is not included in [the law of] ”if [wa-ter] is placed.” But if he shook [it off], [the water is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [If] he stood under a pipe to cool off or to rinse [himself], in the case of a tamei [person], [the water] is tamei. And in the case of a tahor [person], [the water] is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”

[Regarding] one who turns over a dish on top of a wall so that it will be rinsed, this [water] is included in [the law of] ”if [wa-ter] is placed.” If [he turns over the dish] so that the wall should not be damaged, [the water] is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”

[Regarding] a barrel into which a leak dripped, Beis Shammai say: He [must] break [the barrel]. [But] Beis Hillel say: He [may] pour out [the water]. But they agree that he may stretch out his hand and take the produce from within [the barrel], and [the produce] is tahor.

[Regarding] a bowl into which a leak dripped, [the water] that splashes and that overflows is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [If] he took it in order to spill it out, Beis Shammai say: [It is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [But] Beis Hillel say: It is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”  [If] he placed [the bowl] so that the leak would drip into it, [the water] that splashes and that overflows, Beis Shammai say: [It is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [But] Beis Hillel say: It is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [If] he took it [in order] to spill it out, both agree that [the water] is included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [Regarding] one who immerses utensils or launders his garment in a cave, the water that comes up on his hands [is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” [But as for the water that comes up] on his feet, it is not included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.” R’ Elazar says: If it is impossible for him to descend unless his feet become wet, [then] even [the water] that comes up on his feet [is] included in [the law of] ”if [water] is placed.”

[Regarding] a basket that is filled with turmosin and one placed it in a mikveh, he may stretch out his hand and take turmosin from within [the basket], and [yet] they are tahor. [If] he removed [the turmosin] from the water, those that touch the bas-ket are tamei, but [as for] the rest of the turmosin, they are tahor.  [Regarding] a radish in a cave, a niddah may rinse it and [yet] it is tahor. [If] she lifts it even a little bit from the water, [it is] tamei.