Wenn es drei Holzscheite [gezogenes] Wasser gibt und ein Kortov Wein in sie gefallen ist und ihr Aussehen dadurch dem von Wein ähnelt und sie [diese Mischung] in eine Mikwe [die weniger als vierzig Se'ah enthält ] gefallen sind , sie haben es nicht ungültig gemacht [als gezogenes Wasser, da sie wie Wein aussehen]. Wenn es drei Holzscheite weniger als einen Kortov gibt und ein Kortov Milch in sie gefallen ist und ihr Aussehen dadurch [noch] dem von Wasser ähnelt und sie in eine Mikwe gefallen sind , haben sie es nicht ungültig gemacht [da es gibt immer noch weniger als drei log, von gezogenem Wasser]. Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri sagt: Alles folgt dem Aussehen.
Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot
ונפלו למקוה לא פסלוהו – for since they appear like wine, and fruit juice does not invalidate [the Mikveh] with three LOG.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Mikvaot
If a kortov of wine fell into three logs of water and its color became like that of wine, and the water then fell into a mikveh, it does not render it invalid. Wine doesn't disqualify a mikveh. Drawn water does. So what do we do with a mixture of the two? According to the mishnah, if the color is like wine, then the water is treated like wine. It is interesting to note that since in the time of the Mishnah people usually drank their wine mixed with water, a cup of wine/water would probably be in their eyes, wine, not water mixed with wine. In other words, if it has the color of wine, its wine.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot
כל הולך אחר המראה – even though the milk does not invalidate the Mikveh and there isn’t in the water a measure of three LOG to invalidate, nevertheless since there are here three LOG that appear like water, we consider them as if they are all water and they invalidate. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Mikvaot
If there were three logs of water less a kortov into which a kortov of milk fell, and their color remained like the color of water, and then they fell into a mikveh, they do not render it invalid. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri says: everything goes by the color. In this case, a little bit of milk, which does not disqualify the mikveh, falls into almost three logs of drawn water, which are not quite sufficient to disqualify the mikveh. There are now three logs of what looks like drawn water, but since there are not actually three logs of drawn water, the mikveh is not disqualified. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri disagrees with this case. Since the color is that of water, the substance must be treated as water which does disqualify the mikveh. This would make the rule in section two consistent with that in section one.
