Commento su Parah 9:7
אֵפֶר כָּשֵׁר שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב בְּאֵפֶר מִקְלֶה, הוֹלְכִין אַחַר הָרֹב לְטַמֵּא, וְאֵין מְקַדְּשִׁין בּוֹ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, מְקַדְּשִׁין בְּכֻלָּן:
Ceneri valide che si mescolano con [normali] ceneri carbonizzate, seguiamo la maggioranza per [determinare il suo stato di] causando impurità [cioè se la maggioranza è cenere di giovenca rossa allora provoca impurità come il chatat ], e non santifichiamo [acqua ] con esso [anche se la maggioranza è cenere di giovenca rossa]. Il rabbino Eliezer dice: santificiamo con tutti [con tutte le ceneri].
Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
אפר כשר – the ashes of a [Red] Heifer that are suitable/appropriate for sprinkling.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
If valid ashes were mixed up with wood ashes, we follow the majority with regard to uncleanness, but [the mixture] may not be prepared with it. The wood ashes are regular wood ashes that were not burned with the red cow. If the valid red cow ashes are mixed up with them, then when it comes to the ability of these ashes to convey impurity, we follow a majority principle. If a majority is red cow ash, it conveys impurity. However, the first opinion of the mishnah holds that this mixture cannot be used for the red cow ritual.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
שנתערב באפר מקלה (that were mixed with wood-ashes) the ashes of a portable stove on feet with caves for two pots.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Parah
Rabbi Eliezer says: the mixture may be prepared with all of them. Rabbi Eliezer is lenient, as he was in mishnah one. Since we know that there is some red cow ash in the entire mixture, it can be used in the ritual.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
הולכים אחר הרוב לטמא – if the majority are the ashes of the [Red] Heifer, it defiles, [but] if the majority is the ashes of a portable stove on feet with caves for two pots, it does not defile.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
ואין מקדשין בו- even if the majority are the ashes of lustration/expiation, but they don’t mix with it, since it was combined with the ashes of a portable stove on feet with caves for two pots and even a little bit.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Parah
ר' אליעזר אומר מקדשין בכולן – for Rabbi Eliezer holds that we don’t require a measurement for sprinkling, and it is impossible that there isn’t a little bit from the ashes of lustration/expiation. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.
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