Mikvaot: Difference between revisions

*Rishonim ask why Mikvaot 5:3 states that if drawn water is added to a mayan and it was previously moving, it remains a mayan. The mishna implies that this is true even if there is a majority of drawn water. However, Mikvaot 5:5 implies that if there is a majority of rainwater in a mayan, the mayan only purifies if it is standing still. Ran answers that even if there's a majority of drawn or rainwater it remains a mayan in the place where it was previously moving. However, if it wasn't previously moving it only purifies if it is standing still. Ramban answers that if the water was added to the primary pit of the mayan it is kosher as a mayan. However, if the water was added to the extensions of the mayan it only purifies if it is standing. Rav Pinchas Halevi answers that if there is a majority of drawn or rainwater it only purifies if it is standing. Also, if a minority of drawn or rainwater it only purifies in the place that it was previously moving.</ref>

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