Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 2:2

הָיָה מֵבִיא פְיָלִי שֶׁל חֶרֶס חֲדָשָׁה, וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹכָהּ חֲצִי לֹג מַיִם מִן הַכִּיּוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, רְבִיעִית. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמְּמַעֵט בַּכְּתָב, כָּךְ מְמַעֵט בַּמָּיִם. נִכְנַס לַהֵיכָל וּפָנָה לִימִינוֹ, וּמָקוֹם הָיָה שָׁם אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה, וְטַבְלָא שֶׁל שַׁיִשׁ, וְטַבַּעַת הָיְתָה קְבוּעָה בָהּ. וּכְשֶׁהוּא מַגְבִּיהָהּ, נוֹטֵל עָפָר מִתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנוֹתֵן כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּרָאֶה עַל הַמַּיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ה) וּמִן הֶעָפָר אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בְּקַרְקַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתַן אֶל הַמָּיִם:

He would bring a new clay bowl, and put into it half a <i>log</i> of water from the basin. R. Yehuda said: a quarter [of a <i>log</i>]. For just as he minimizes the writing, so too does he minimize the water. He entered the Sanctuary and faced to his right, and there was a place one cubit by one cubit and a marble tablet with a ring that was affixed to it. And when he lifted it, he took dust from beneath it and put [in the bowl] enough to be seen on the water, as it says, "and from the dust that will be on the floor of the Tabernacle the priest will take and give to the water" (Numbers 5:17).

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