Kommentar zu Mikvaot 8:2
אֵלּוּ בַעֲלֵי קְרָיִין שֶׁהֵם צְרִיכִין טְבִילָה. רָאָה מַיִם חֲלוּקִים אוֹ עֲכוּרִים, בַּתְּחִלָּה, טָהוֹר. בָּאֶמְצַע וּבַסּוֹף, טָמֵא. מִתְּחִלָּה וְעַד סוֹף, טָהוֹר. לְבָנִים וְנִמְשָׁכִים, טָמֵא. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, לְבָנִים כָּעֲכוּרִים:
Dies sind die Ba'alei-Kerayin , die ein Eintauchen erfordern: Wenn jemand zu Beginn [seines Urinierens] Tropfen oder eine trübe Flüssigkeit abgibt , ist er rein; in der Mitte oder am Ende ist er unrein; Von Anfang bis Ende ist er rein. Wenn [die Entladung] weiß und fließend war, ist er unrein. Rabbi Yose sagt: Weiß ist wie trübe.
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חלוקים – that he drips [urine] in smooth drops like a chain.
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Introduction
Today's mishnah and tomorrow's deal with what constitutes a seminal emission such that a man must go to the mikveh. I know, you're thinking, doesn't a man know when one has had a emission? I would imagine that this is generally the case. But the rabbis talk about everything like this. They also talk about how a woman can distinguish between menstrual blood and blood from another source, even though most women probably can tell the difference. This is simply part of the way the rabbis talk.
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בתחילה – at the beginning of his urinating.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Mikvaot
These are the men who had a seminal emission who require immersion: The men listed below require immersion even though we are not one hundred per cent sure that they have had a seminal emission.
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טהור – for it is not a kind of emission, but rather, from the stopping of urination it comes.
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If he noticed that his urine issued in drops or was murky: At the beginning he is clean; In the middle and at the end, he is unclean; From the beginning to the end, he is clean. The liquid being emitted is not like urine, which generally doesn't come out in drops, as does semen. But then again, it is not like semen, which is usually white not murky. What is it? If the stream begins this way, he is clean, for this is not considered semen. It is probably just problematic urination (yes, we've heard of this problem on radio ads). If it occurs at the middle or end of his urination, then it is considered semen for it is unusual for urine to begin normally and then turn into murky drops. If it occurs from the beginning to the end, then that's just the way he urinates. Hopefully, things will get better.
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באמצע ובסוף – [in the middle or at the end] of his urination, he is impure, that he is someone with a kind of emission.
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If it was white and viscous, he is unclean. Rabbi Yose says: what is white counts like what is murky. If the issue was white and viscous, meaning in clumps, not little drops, then it is semen and he is unclean. Rabbi Yose says that even if it is white, if he sees such a type of emission at the beginning, he is pure, the same as is true with murky liquid.
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נמשכים (prolonged/continued or conducted in a channel) – urination that is attached.
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טמא – for it is a kind of emission.
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לבנים כעכורים – and at the beginning heis pure, but in the middle and at the end he is [ritually] impure. But the Halakah is not according to Rabbi Yossi.
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