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מסכת כלים

פרק כד משנה ז

שלש פנקסיות הן

There are three types of ledgers (this can refer to many devices similar to the ledgers of the mishnah, which were comprised of a hinged pair of boards):

האפיפורין

An aphiphorin (a ledger that was covered with sand in which figures were traced; though Rambam defines this as a type of folding seat with a hinged pair of panels)

טמאה מדרס

[is susceptible to] the tumah of midras (according to those that say that this was a type of ledger, it was also used at times only as a seat);

ושיש בה בית קיבול שעוה

and that which has a receptacle for wax (into which one could inscribe figures, and then erase them by smoothing out the wax)

טמאה טמא מת

it is [susceptible to the] tumah of a corpse;

וחלקה

and a smooth one (which was just a board onto which one would write with pen an ink)

טהורה מכלום

is tahor from anything (as it lacked a receptacle).

 

פרק כד משנה ח

שלש מטות הן

There are three types of beds:

העשויה לשכיבה

that which is made for laying upon

טמאה מדרס

is susceptible to] the tumah of midras;

של זגגים

that of glassmakers (this was a soft surface upon which newly manufactured and delicate glassware was placed)

טמאה טמא מת

it is [susceptible to the] tumah of a corpse (some say that it had rims that gave it a receptacle, others hold that this is tamei only rabbinically as it was similar to a receptacle);

ושל סרגים

and that of saragin (this was similar to the bed frame of the previous mishnahs; some say it was used to make nets, others that it was used to manufacture chariots, and yet others say it was used to put together the harnesses for horses)

טהורה מכלום

is tahor from anything (as according to all opinions it lacked a receptacle).

         

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