Quoting%20commentary for Parah 6:4

נָתַן יָדוֹ אוֹ רַגְלוֹ אוֹ עֲלֵי יְרָקוֹת כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעַבְרוּ הַמַּיִם לֶחָבִית, פְּסוּלִים. עֲלֵי קָנִים וַעֲלֵי אֱגוֹז, כְּשֵׁרִים. זֶה הַכְּלָל, דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, פָּסוּל. וְדָבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, כָּשֵׁר:

If one places his hand, or his foot, or the leaves of vegetables [under a stream of water], in order that the water should flow into a barrel, it is invalid [since it entered via something capable of contracting impurity]; [if one does so using] the leaves of reeds or the leaves of nuts, it is valid [since these items cannot contract impurity]. This is the rule: something capable of contracting impurity, it is invalid; something incapable of contracting impurity, it is valid.

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