[Three lugin of water] less

<<a kortov,

<<into which fell

<<a kortov

<<of wine,

<<and their color

<<is like the color of

<<wine,

<<and they fell

<<into the mikveh —

<<they do not

<<disqualify it.

<<And likewise

<<three

<<lugin

<<of water

<<less

<<a kortov,

<<into which fell

<<a kortov

<<of milk,

<<and their color

<<is like the color of

<<water,

<<and they fell

<<into the mikveh —

<<they do not

<<disqualify it.

Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri

<<says:

<<everything

<<follows

<<after

<<the appearance.

But this

<<as a question

<<raised

<<it

<<Rav Pappa.

<<For asked

<<Rav Pappa:

<<does Rav

<<teach

<<‘less

<<a kortov’

<<in the first clause,

<<but

<<three

<<[full] lugin,

<<according to the first tanna,

<<disqualify,

<<and came

<<Rabbi Yochanan

<<to say:

<<everything

<<follows

<<after

<<the appearance,

<<and Rav

<<says

<<like Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri?

Or

<<perhaps

<<Rav

<<does not

<<teach

<<‘less

<<a kortov’

<<in the first clause,

<<and Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri,

<<when

<<he disagrees,

<<on the latter clause

<<it is

<<that he disagrees,

and Rav,

<<who says [it],

<<is according to

<<all opinions?

For Rav Pappa

<<it is a question;

<<for Rava

<<it is obvious.

Said

<<Rav Yosef:

<<I have not

<<heard

<<this

<<teaching.

<<Said to him

<<Abaye:

<<You

<<told

<<it

<<to us,

<<and thus

<<you told

<<us:

<<that Rav

<<does not

<<teach

<<‘less

<<a kortov’

<<in the first clause,

<<and Rabbi Yochanan

<<on the latter clause

<<disagrees,

<<and Rav,

<<who says [it],

<<is according to

<<all opinions.

And said

<<Rav Yehuda

<<in the name of

<<Rav:

<<a barrel

<<full of

<<water

<<that fell

<<into the Great Sea —

<<one who immerses

<<there,

<<does not

<<count

<<for him

<<as an immersion.

<<We are concerned

<<for three

<<lugin

<<that they not

<<be

<<in one place.

<<And specifically

<<into the Great Sea,

<<which stands

<<still,

<<but

<<a river

<<in general —

<<no.

It was taught

<<also

<<so:

<<a barrel

<<full of

<<wine

<<that fell

<<into the Great Sea —

<<one who immerses

<<there,

<<does not

<<count

<<for him

<<as an immersion.

<<We are concerned

<<for three

<<lugin

<<of drawn water

<<that they not

<<be

<<in one place.

<<And likewise

<<a loaf

<<of

<<terumah

<<that fell

<<there —

<<is impure.

What is

<<‘and likewise’?

<<Lest

<<you say:

<<there

<<establish

<<the man

<<on his presumption,

<<here

<<establish

<<the terumah

<<on its presumption —

<<[so]

<<it teaches

<<us [otherwise].

MISHNAH.

<<[If they say:] “We testify

<<about a certain man

<<that he owes

<<his fellow

<<two hundred

<<zuz,”

<<and they were found

<<conspirators —

<<they are flogged

<<and they pay,

<<for it is not

<<the same reason

<<that brings them

<<to

<<lashes

<<that brings them

<<to

<<payment —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<But the Sages

<<say:

<<anyone

<<who pays

<<is not

<<flogged.

[If they say:] “We testify

<<about a certain man

<<that he is

<<liable to

<<a flogging of

<<forty,”

<<and they were found

<<conspirators —

<<they are flogged

<<eighty,

<<because of

<<‘Do not

<<bear

<<against your fellow

<<witness

<<false,’

<<and because of

<<‘And you shall do

<<to him

<<as

<<he schemed’ —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<But the Sages

<<say:

<<they are not

<<flogged

<<but

<<forty.