Saturday, March 11, 2017

tamei tahor ritual purity - The amount of Parah Adumah ashes and water ("mei chatas") required to purify a person



This week's parsha teaches us all about the Parah Adumah and how it can purify a person.


Namely, that in order for a person who was ritually impure via a dead body to become pure, said person would have to have to be sprinkled with mei chatas- ie water with Parah Adumah ashes in it (Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandment #113).


A couple questions:




  • 1) Is there a minimum requirement for the amount of Parah Adumah ashes that must be in the mei chatas?




  • 2) What's the minimum requirement for the amount of water sprinkled that will purify a person?




    • What's the d'oraisa source for #1 and #2? (ie gezeiras hakasuv, drasha, halacha l'moshe misinai etc)






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