If a person draws water for the ashes of the red heifer with one hand while performing work with the other hand, what is the ruling?
Halacha 3 rules the water is unacceptable — work performed with any limb simultaneously during drawing disqualifies the water.
Question 2
Does payment of a wage disqualify the drawing of the water?
Halacha 2 distinguishes: payment disqualifies sanctification and sprinkling, but does NOT disqualify the drawing stage.
Question 3
When a person draws water for himself and for the offering simultaneously, what should he do?
Halacha 5 rules that when drawing both personal and sanctification water, one should draw the personal water first and then the water intended for sanctification.
Question 4
If a person draws water intending to drink it and then changes his mind to use it for sanctification, what is the ruling?
Halacha 11 rules the water is disqualified — the intent to draw for sanctification must exist from the moment of drawing, not retroactively.
Question 5
If two people are each drawing water individually and one briefly helps the other lift their rope, what happens?
Halacha 7 states that if one person helps another even slightly during drawing, both waters are disqualified.