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Mishnah, Makhshirin, 5.5

פָּשַׁט יָדוֹ אוֹ רַגְלוֹ אוֹ קָנֶה לְבוֹר לֵידַע אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ מַיִם, אֵינָן בְּכִי יֻתַּן. לֵידַע כַּמָּה מַיִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה בְכִי יֻתַּן. זָרַק אֶבֶן לְבוֹר לֵידַע אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ מַיִם, הַנִּתָּזִין, אֵינָן בְּכִי יֻתַּן. וְאֶת שֶׁבָּאֶבֶן, טְהוֹרִים: If one put his hand or his foot or a reed into a cistern in order to check whether it had any water, it does not come under the law of ‘if water be put’; But if to ascertain how much water it had, it comes under the law of ‘if water be put’. If one threw a stone into a cistern to check whether it had any water, [the water] that was splashed up does not come under the law of ‘if water be put’, and also [the water] that is on the stone is clean.

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idolatry,in the mishnah'	Schick (2021) 18
tort law,in tannaitic sources	Schick (2021) 18
tort law,strict liability	Schick (2021) 18