Related%20passage for Parah 11:1

צְלוֹחִית שֶׁהִנִּיחָהּ מְגֻלָּה, וּבָא וּמְצָאָהּ מְכֻסָּה, פְּסוּלָה. הִנִּיחָהּ מְכֻסָּה וּבָא וּמְצָאָהּ מְגֻלָּה, אִם יְכוֹלָה הַחֻלְדָּה לִשְׁתּוֹת הֵימֶנָּה, אוֹ נָחָשׁ לְדִבְרֵי רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, אוֹ שֶׁיָּרַד בָּהּ טַל בַּלַּיְלָה, פְּסוּלָה. הַחַטָּאת אֵינָהּ נִצּוֹלָה בְּצָמִיד פָּתִיל. וּמַיִם שֶׁאֵינָן מְקֻדָּשִׁין נִצּוֹלִין בְּצָמִיד פָּתִיל:

A vial [of water sanctified for the <i>chatat</i> ritual] which one left uncovered, and [then] returned to find it covered, is invalid [for the ritual]. If one left it covered and returned to find it uncovered, if a weasel could have drunk from it--or a snake, according to Rabban Gamliel--or if dew descended into it at night, it is invalid. The <i>chatat</i> [ashes or water, contained inside a vessel] are not protected [from impurity] by a tight seal [if they were in a tightly sealed vessel incapable of becoming impure from the outside]; but waters which were not sanctified are saved [from impurity] by a tight seal.

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