Kommentar zu Kelim 12:6
אַרְבָּעָה דְּבָרִים רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. כִּסּוּי טֶנִי שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת שֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים, וּתְלוֹי הַמַּגְרֵדוֹת, וְגֹלְמֵי כְלֵי מַתָּכוֹת, וְטַבְלָה שֶׁנֶּחְלְקָה לִשְׁנָיִם. וּמוֹדִים חֲכָמִים לְרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל בְּטַבְלָה שֶׁנֶּחְלְקָה לִשְׁנַיִם, אֶחָד גָּדוֹל וְאֶחָד קָטָן, שֶׁהַגָּדוֹל טָמֵא וְהַקָּטָן טָהוֹר:
Vier Dinge, die Rabban Gamliel für unrein erklärt, die die Weisen für rein erklären: Die Metallabdeckung einer Hauskiste, der Hakengriff eines Schabers, unfertige Metallutensilien und eine in zwei Teile gespaltene Planke. Die Weisen stimmen mit Rabban Gamliel auf einer in zwei Teile geteilten Planke überein, eine [Teil] große und eine kleine, dass die große unrein und die kleine rein ist.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
ותלוי המגרדות (hanger of a strigil) – in bathhouses, they hang metal strigils and those who enter there each take a strigil and rubs with it his feet.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Introduction
Today's mishnah is found word for word in Eduyot 3:9. It is brought here due to the fact that it discusses the purity of vessels, and that the first vessel discussed is also mentioned above in mishnah three.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
וגולמי כלי מתכות (unfinished metal vessels) – vessels that one needs to rub, to comb and to beat with a mallet, or if he is missing a rim of a vessel or a handle, they are not ritually impure according to the words of the Sages until their work is completed.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Rabban Gamaliel and the other sages dispute over the susceptibility of four items to impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
וטבלא שנחלקה לשנים – an earthenware tray that has a vertical rims/edges (by which a flat utensil is made into a vessel-like receptacle) and is made into two equal pieces. For not one of them is bigger than its neighbor. In this, Rabban Gamaliel and the Sages dispute. But the Halakha is according to the Sages.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
There are four things which Rabban Gamaliel says are susceptible to impurity, and the sages say are not susceptible to impurity.
The covering of a metal basket, if it belongs to householders; See mishnah three for an explanation.
The covering of a metal basket, if it belongs to householders; See mishnah three for an explanation.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
And the hanger of a strigil; A strigil was a type of comb used during baths to scrape off dead skin. All agree that the strigil itself is susceptible to impurity. They disagree about the small chain attached to the strigil to hang it on a hook. According to Rabban Gamaliel it too is considered a vessel and therefore receives impurity. According to the sages it does not.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
And metal vessels which are still unshaped; Generally speaking, unformed vessels cannot receive impurity. However, when it comes to metal vessels that have not been fully finished, meaning they have not been polished, Rabban Gamaliel holds that they are susceptible to impurity, since they can be used. The sages insist that as long as they are not fully finished they cannot receive impurity.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
And a plate that is divided into two [equal] parts. And the sages agree with Rabban Gamaliel in the case of a plate that was divided into two parts, one large and one small, that the large one is susceptible to impurity and the small one is not susceptible to impurity. According to Rabban Gamaliel, a plate broken in two can still receive impurity. The sages hold that broken vessels cannot generally speaking receive impurity. However, they agree with Rabban Gamaliel that if one of the pieces was large, that it still can receive impurity, since it is still useful. The small piece cannot receive impurity.
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