מסכת כלים פרק כד משנה יג |
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שלשה סדינין הן |
There are three types of sheets: |
העשוי לשכיבה |
Those that are made for lying upon; |
טמא מדרס |
[are susceptible to] the tumah of midras; |
לוילין |
[those made for use] as a curtain (some interpret this as sheets made for use as a sail) |
טמאה טמא מת |
[are susceptible to the] tumah of a corpse; |
ושל צורות |
and for pictures (some say these are tapestries, others that these are textiles with designs embroidered on them as a guide for one who is coping that design) |
טהור מכלום |
is tahor from anything. |
פרק כד משנה יד |
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שלש מטפחות הן |
There are three types of matpechos (these were small pieces of material, some were used as towels, some for other purposes): |
של ידים |
for [wiping one's] hands (as a towel) |
טמאה מדרס |
[is susceptible to] the tumah of midras; (as at times it would be placed on a mattress and slept upon) |
של ספרין |
for [wrapping] scrolls (like the mantel of a sefer torah) |
טמאה טמא מת |
[is susceptible to the] tumah of a corpse (it would serve a person at times, such as when the scroll was unwrapped and the material would be placed on his lap with the scroll on top of it); |
ושל תכריך |
and of shrouds |
ושל נבלי בני לוי |
and of the lyres of the Levites |
טהורה מכלום |
is tahor from anything (as they lacked a receptacle; see 16:7). |
לרפואת מרים חיה בת ברכה בתוך שאר חולי ישראל