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Mishnayos Uktzin Perek 2 Mishnah 9

עוקצים פרק ב׳ משנה ט׳

9

A cucumber planted in a pot which grew until it was out of the pot is pure. Rabbi Shimon said: what is its nature to make it clean? Rather, that which has already become unclean remains unclean, and only that which is pure can be eaten.

קִשּׁוּת שֶׁנְּטָעָהּ בְּעָצִיץ וְהִגְדִּילָה וְיָצְאָה חוּץ לֶעָצִיץ, טְהוֹרָה. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, מַה טִּיבָהּ לִטָּהֵר. אֶלָּא הַטָּמֵא בְּטֻמְאָתוֹ, וְהַטָּהוֹר יֵאָכֵל:

ט׳
Bartenura

קישות שנטעה בעציץ (a cucumber which was planted in a pot) – which is not perforated, and became susceptible there to receive ritual impurity and it became defiled, that is considered like it is detached.

והגדילה ויצאה חוץ לעציץ – and it is considered as attached, because it sucks/is nurtured from the ground that is outside of the pot.

טהורה – that defilement flew off from it when it left outside the pot

מה טיבה ליטהר (what is its character that it should be insusceptible to uncleanness) – that when it received defilement it was like it was detached, therefore, whatever is within the pot remains in its defilement and what it added afterwards and left outside of the pot is pure. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.

קישות שנטעה בעציץ. שאינו נקוב, והוכשרה שם לקבל טומאה ונטמאת, וכתלושה ימיא:

והגדילה ויצאה חוץ לעציץ. ונחשבת כמחובר, לפי שיונקת ושואבת מז הקרקע שחוץ לעציץ:

טהורה. שפרחה לה טומאה משיצאה חוץ לעציץ:

מה טיבה ליטהר. דכשקבלה טומאה היתה כתלושה, הלכך מה שבתוך העציץ נשאר בטומאתו, ומה שהוסיף אחרי כן ויצא חוץ לעציץ, טהור. ואין הלכה כר׳ שמעון: