Mishnah for Makhshirin 4:1

הַשּׁוֹחֶה לִשְׁתּוֹת, הַמַּיִם הָעוֹלִים בְּפִיו וּבִשְׂפָמוֹ, בְּכִי יֻתַּן. בְּחָטְמוֹ וּבְרֹאשׁוֹ וּבִזְקָנוֹ, אֵינָן בְּכִי יֻתַּן. הַמְמַלֵּא בְּחָבִית, הַמַּיִם הָעוֹלִים אַחֲרֶיהָ, וּבַחֶבֶל שֶׁהוּא מְכֻנָּן עַל צַוָּארָהּ, וּבַחֶבֶל שֶׁהוּא לְצָרְכָּהּ, הֲרֵי זֶה בְכִי יֻתַּן. כַּמָּה הוּא צָרְכָּהּ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר, טֶפַח. נְתָנָהּ תַּחַת הַצִּנּוֹר, אֵינָן בְּכִי יֻתַּן:

[If] one bends down to drink [from a river] the water that comes up in his mouth and on his mustache achieves <i>BeKhi Yutan</i> [a state where liquid put upon food makes it susceptible to impurity]. [The water that comes up] on his nose and on his head and in his beard does not achieve <i>BeKhi Yutan</i>. [If] one fills up a jar the water that comes up after it, and [the water] on the rope that is wound around its neck, and [the water] on the rope needed [for pulling it up] achieves <i>BeKhi Yutan</i>. How much [rope] is needed? Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar says: A hands-breadth. [If] one puts [the jar] under the gutter [of his roof] it does not achieve <i>BeKhi Yutan</i>.

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