Mishnah for Kelim 1:4

לְמַעְלָה מִן הַזָּב, זָבָה, שֶׁהִיא מְטַמְּאָה אֶת בּוֹעֲלָהּ. לְמַעְלָה מִן הַזָּבָה, מְצֹרָע, שֶׁהוּא מְטַמֵּא בְּבִיאָה. לְמַעְלָה מִן הַמְּצֹרָע, עֶצֶם כַּשְּׂעֹרָה, שֶׁהוּא מְטַמֵּא טֻמְאַת שִׁבְעָה. חָמוּר מִכֻּלָּם, הַמֵּת, שֶׁהוּא מְטַמֵּא בְאֹהֶל, מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֻּלָּם מְטַמְּאִין:

Higher than the zav is the zavah [a woman with an abnormal genital discharge], for she conveys impurity to one who has intercourse with her. Higher than the zavah: the metzora, for he renders impure by entering. Higher than the metzora: bone the size of a barley grain, for it coneys seven-day impurity. More severe than all of these: a corpse, for it conveys ohel impurity ["tent" impurity; i.e., it renders objects and persons within the same overshadowed area impure], which nothing else can do.

Mishnah Makhshirin

If rain came down upon a person, even if he was unclean with a father of impurity, it does not come under the law of ‘if water be put’; But if he shook it off, it does come under the law of ‘if water be put’. If one stood under a rain-pipe to cool himself or to wash himself, [the water falling on him] is unclean if he is unclean; If he is clean, it [only] comes under the law of if water be put.

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Mishnah Makhshirin

If a pot full of water was placed in a mikveh, and a person who was unclean by a father of impurity put his hand into the pot, it becomes unclean. But if [he was unclean] by a "touch of defilement," the pot remains clean. But any of the other liquids [contained in the pot] becomes unclean, for water cannot purify the other liquids.

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