מסכת כלים פרק כח משנה ד |
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This mishnah addresses whether the cover for a sefer torah is treated as other cloths of that size and are susceptible to tumah, or, since they are not ordinarily made to serve a person, are therefore tahor and not susceptible to tumah. |
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מטפחות ספרים |
The covers of scrolls, |
בין מצירות |
whether decorated, |
בין שאינן מצירות |
whether undecorated, |
טמאות |
are tamei |
כדברי בית שמאי |
according to the words of Beis Shammai; |
בית הלל אומרין |
Beis Hillel say, |
מצירות טהורות |
decorated are tahor (as the decoration shows that they would never be used to serve a person, as opposed to serving only a scroll), |
ושאינן מצירות טמאות |
and those not decorated are tamei; |
רבן גמליאל אומר |
Rabban Gamliel says, |
אלו ואלו טהורות |
both of these are tahor. |
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כפה |
A head kerchief (worn by women, though also sometime sat upon) |
שהוא טמא מדרס |
that was tamei midras |
ונתנו על הספר |
and one gave it for (use as the cover of) a sefer Torah |
טהור מן המדרס |
is tahor from midras (as it is no longer permissible to use it for sitting), |
אבל טמא טמא מת |
but is (susceptible to the) tumah of a corpse. |
חמת שעשאה שטיח |
A waterskin (which is susceptible to becoming tamei midras) that was made into a mat (for sitting on, and which is therefore also susceptible to becoming tamei midras), |
ושטיח שעשאו חמת |
and a mat that was made into a waterskin, |
טהור |
is tahor (if it was previously tamei); |
חמת שעשאה תרמל |
a waterskin that was made into a shepherd's pouch (which is also susceptible to becoming tamei midras) |
ותרמל שעשאו חמת |
and a shepherd's pouch that was made into a waterskin, |
כר שעשאו סדין |
a pillow that was made into a bedsheet |
וסדין שעשאו כר |
and a bedsheet that was made into a pillow, |
כסת שעשאה מטפחת |
a mattress that was made into a mitpachas (this refers to a small piece of material, used to sit or lay upon) |
ומטפחת שעשאה כסת |
and a mitpachas that was made into a mattress, |
טמא |
are tamei; |
זה הכלל |
this is the rule: |
כל ששינהו לשמו טמא |
anything changed into (something of) its nature is tamei, |
לשם אחר טהור |
to another nature is tahor. |
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