Water flows through a large pipe into a mikveh. Is this water considered drawn water?
Halacha 2 states that vessels not designed with the intent to serve as receptacles — such as large pipes — do not render water drawn even though it flows through them.
Question 2
A sponge containing three lugin of drawn water falls into a mikveh. Is the mikveh disqualified?
Halacha 7 explicitly rules that when a sponge or bucket with three lugin falls into a mikveh, it does not disqualify it — the Rabbinic decree targets water poured in, not containers that fall in.
Question 3
A wooden chest is submerged in the sea. A person wishes to immerse inside it. What is required?
Halacha 8 states that closets and chests in the sea must have a hole the size of a drinking pouch mouthpiece for valid immersion, unlike sacks and baskets which may be used without a hole.
Question 4
A barrel is made with a hole large enough to remove susceptibility to impurity and permanently affixed into the ground as a mikveh. Is it valid?
Halacha 4 rules that a barrel with a hole large enough to remove susceptibility to impurity that is permanently affixed in the ground forms a valid mikveh.
Question 5
A tablet with raised borders is placed under a drainage pipe, and water flows over it into a mikveh. What is the effect?
Halacha 5 rules that a tablet with raised borders on its sides functions as a receptacle, making water flowing over it into drawn water; without borders, it does not.