However, it is not sufficient that only a few drops of rain should fall on it.

However, it is not sufficient that only a few drops of rain should fall on it. On the other hand it is necessary that so much rain should fall that it could be said that it has really rained. 38. If it rains on an original impurity and splashes elsewhere, but the original impurity is not included in the water and it does not acquire the smell, color or taste of the impurity, that water is pure.

Hence, if it rains on blood and then splashes and particles of blood are present in the water or it acquires the smell, color or taste of blood, it is impure. 39. If there is original…