me unclean."

8. All seas are reckoned for a pool of purification, as is said, "And the
gathering together of the waters called He seas,"(745) the words of R.
Meier. R. Judah said, "the great sea is as a purifying-pool; it is not
said seas, but there is in it many kinds of seas." R. Jose said, "all seas
may purify in flowing, but they are disallowed for issues, and leprosies,
and for purifying with them the water of the ashes of the red heifer."

9. Waters with a nickname are disallowed. These are the nicknames--"salt"
and "lukewarm." Deceitful(746) waters are disallowed. These are deceitful
waters--they failed once in seven years, they failed during war and during
famine--yet they are allowed. R. Judah "disallows them."

10. The waters of Kirmion (Kishon?), and the waters of Pygah (Belus?) are
disallowed, because they are the waters of marshes. The waters of the
Jordan and the waters of Jarmuk(747) are disallowed, because they are
mixed. And these are mixed waters, one allowed and one disallowed are
mixed. Two which are allowed and mixed, are allowed. R. Judah "disallows
them."

11. "The well of Ahab(748) and the cave of Panias(749) are allowed. Water
which changed, but changed of itself, is allowed. A well of water which
came from a distance is allowed, only it must be watched, that no man
check it." R. Judah said, "it is taken for granted and allowed." "A well
into which earth or clay fell?" "One must wait till it clear," the words
of R. Ishmael. R. Akiba said, "there is no need of waiting."

Chapter IX

1. "A pan full of the water of purification into which ordinary water,
however little, has fallen?" R. Eliezer said, "one must sprinkle twice
with it." But the Sages "disallow it." "If dew fell into it?" R. Eliezer
said, "let him leave it in the sun, and the dew evaporates." But the Sages
"disallow it." "If fluid has fallen into it, or fruit juice?" "Let him
pour it out, and it is necessary to dry it." Ink, gum, and vitriol, and
everything which can be remarked, must be poured out, and there is no
necessity to dry it.

2. "If insects and worms have fallen in and burst or changed their
appearance?" "The water is disallowed." A black beetle, though not burst
nor changed, disallows it, since it is like a pipe. Rabbi Simon and R.
Eliezer, the son of Jacob, said, "the wheat-worm and the grain-worm are
allowed, because there is no matter in them."

3. "If a beast or animal drink of it?" "They disallow it." A