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* Are wide flat wooden utensils tameh? Tosfot Sukkah and Menachot in one answer say that a large flat baker’s tray is rabbinically susceptible to tumah because it is so wide and useful like a utensil with a receptacle. Tosfot (Eruvin 31a s.v. bpeshutei) quotes the Ri as agreeing. This idea is based on Rashi Menachot 96b s.v. tameha. Rashba (Bava Batra 66b s.v. vyesh) quotes some who say that any tray which serves utensils and not people is susceptible to rabbinic tumah. Shach 201:45 writes that flat wooden utensils aren’t susceptible to rabbinic tumah. | * Are wide flat wooden utensils tameh? Tosfot Sukkah and Menachot in one answer say that a large flat baker’s tray is rabbinically susceptible to tumah because it is so wide and useful like a utensil with a receptacle. Tosfot (Eruvin 31a s.v. bpeshutei) quotes the Ri as agreeing. This idea is based on Rashi Menachot 96b s.v. tameha. Rashba (Bava Batra 66b s.v. vyesh) quotes some who say that any tray which serves utensils and not people is susceptible to rabbinic tumah. Shach 201:45 writes that flat wooden utensils aren’t susceptible to rabbinic tumah. | ||
* Is a cane susceptible to tumah? The Rambam (Pirush Mishnayot Mikavot 5:5) writes that even though it has no receptacle it is still tameh rabbinically. The Chazon Ish (Mikvaot 7:5) explains that it has tumah because it services people and utensils or alternatively it has a small receptacle. However, the Rosh (Pirush Mishnayot Mikvaot 5:5 and Hilchot Mikvaot n. 11) hold that a cane doesn’t have tumah at all. Tosfot Yom Tov (Mikvaot 5:5) and Simla 201:84 point out this dispute.</ref> | * Is a cane susceptible to tumah? The Rambam (Pirush Mishnayot Mikavot 5:5) writes that even though it has no receptacle it is still tameh rabbinically. The Chazon Ish (Mikvaot 7:5) explains that it has tumah because it services people and utensils or alternatively it has a small receptacle. However, the Rosh (Pirush Mishnayot Mikvaot 5:5 and Hilchot Mikvaot n. 11) hold that a cane doesn’t have tumah at all. Tosfot Yom Tov (Mikvaot 5:5) and Simla 201:84 point out this dispute.</ref> | ||
# Nails aren't mekabel tumah.<ref>Mishna Kelim 11:3, Rambam Kelim 9:2, Nodeh Beyehuda YD 2:137</ref> | |||
===Attached to the ground=== | ===Attached to the ground=== | ||
# A flat metal utensil is susceptible to tumah unless it is made to be attached to the ground and is attached to the ground.<ref>Dagul Mirvava on 201:48, Mikveh Mayim p. 153 and 169 citing Igrot Moshe</ref> | # A flat metal utensil is susceptible to tumah unless it is made to be attached to the ground and is attached to the ground.<ref>Dagul Mirvava on 201:48, Mikveh Mayim p. 153 and 169 citing Igrot Moshe</ref> | ||
# If a new metal piece (such as a pipe) is bought brand new and it isn't clear if it was made to be used for the ground, some say that it isn't mekabel tumah since it was made with no intentions at all. The intention of the buyer establishes it as something to be used for the ground.<ref>Nodeh Beyehuda YD 2:137</ref> Others are lenient for another reason if it is unclear why the piece was made we can follow the intention of the buyer | # If a new metal piece (such as a pipe) is bought brand new and it isn't clear if it was made to be used for the ground, some say that it isn't mekabel tumah since it was made with no intentions at all. The intention of the buyer establishes it as something to be used for the ground.<ref>Nodeh Beyehuda YD 2:137 holds that the buyer can have intention to use it for the ground based on Mishna Lmelech Kelim 2 since a kli made with no intention is not mekabel tumah. </ref> Others are lenient for another reason if it is unclear why the piece was made we can follow the intention of the buyer for another reason.<ref>Igrot Moshe Y.D. 1:115 is lenient because of breira since a piece of metal is only mekabel tumah midrabbanan once it is attached to the ground if it wasn't made for the ground (Yad Ramah). Since it is only a rabbinic issue it is fine to say that the intention of the piece was made for can be clarified retroactively. </ref> | ||
# If a pipe is built into the ground and cement poured upon it so it is part of the wall, it isn't mekabel tumah.<ref>Igrot Moshe 1:115</ref> | # If a pipe is built into the ground and cement poured upon it so it is part of the wall, it isn't mekabel tumah.<ref>Igrot Moshe 1:115</ref> | ||
# | # A drain made out of metal should be made from new metal, made in order to be attached to the ground, and then attached to the ground with hinges so it is never detached.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 1:116</ref> | ||
===If the water would have reached the mikveh anyway=== | ===If the water would have reached the mikveh anyway=== | ||
