Commentary for Parah 10:5

הָיָה עוֹמֵד חוּץ לַתַּנּוּר וּפָשַׁט יָדָיו לַחַלּוֹן וְנָטַל אֶת הַלָּגִין וְהֶעֱבִירוֹ עַל גַּבֵּי הַתַּנּוּר, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. אֲבָל עוֹמֵד הוּא הַטָּהוֹר לְחַטָּאת עַל גַּבֵּי תַנּוּר וּבְיָדוֹ כְּלִי רֵיקָן הַטָּהוֹר לְחַטָּאת, וּבְמַיִם שֶׁאֵין מְקֻדָּשִׁין:

If one [who was sufficiently pure for <i>chatat</i>] was standing beyond the oven, and he stretched out his hand to a window and he took the jug and passed it over the oven, Rabbi Akiva considers it impure, and the Sages consider it pure. But one who is pure for <i>chatat</i> may stand on an oven with an empty vessel which is pure for <i>chatat</i> in his hand, or with water that had not [yet] been sanctified [and they will remain pure].

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