Commento su Parah 5:9
שְׁתֵּי אֲבָנִים שֶׁהִקִּיפָן זוֹ לָזוֹ וַעֲשָׂאָן שֹׁקֶת, וְכֵן שְׁתֵּי עֲרֵבוֹת, וְכֵן הַשֹּׁקֶת שֶׁנֶּחְלְקָה, הַמַּיִם שֶׁבֵּינֵיהֶם אֵינָן מְקֻדָּשִׁין. עֲשָׂאָן בְּסִיד אוֹ בְגִפְסִים וְהֵן יְכוֹלוֹת לְהִנָּטֵל כְּאַחַת, הַמַּיִם שֶׁבֵּינֵיהֶם מְקֻדָּשִׁין:
Due pietre fatte per circondarsi a vicenda, formando un trogolo [tra loro], e allo stesso modo due salici, e allo stesso modo un trogolo che era diviso [in due], l'acqua tra loro non è santificata [quando l'acqua nei trogoli è] . Se si sono formati con gesso o gesso e possono essere sollevati come una sola [nave], l'acqua tra loro viene santificata [insieme all'acqua nelle vasche].
Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
הקיפן – made them adjacent/next one to the other. It is the language of two jugs/jars together [to set a pot upon] in Tractate Betzah [Chapter 4, Mishnah 5 and folio 32b].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
If one placed two stones close to one another and made them into a trough, and so also in the case of two kneading troughs, and so also in the case of a trough that was split, the water between them is not deemed to be prepared. Someone takes two stones and sets them up next to each other such that there is a receptacle in between. Or he does the same thing with two kneading troughs or he takes one trough set into a stone and divides it in two. In all three of these cases the water between the two vessels, or in the crack between the split trough, is not considered to be in a vessel and therefore cannot be used for the red cow ritual. In other words, if one takes two vessels and puts them next to each other such that a container is formed in between them, the container is not considered to be a vessel.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
המים שביניהן – that is between two kneading troughs and that which is between the fissure of the trough. But the rest of the water is mixed, but those that are in the fissure, the mixture of water [and ashes] does not enter into them.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
If they were joined together with lime or gypsum and they can be moved together, the water between them is deemed to have been prepared. However, if he joins the two troughs together such that they can be moved together, then the container formed in between them counts as a vessel and water in it can be used for the red cow ritual.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
גיפסים – a kind of lime/plaster but it is the whitest. And we call it YISO JIPIS in the foreign language.
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