Kommentar zu Kelim 17:17
תַּחְתִּית הַצּוֹרְפִים, טְמֵאָה. וְשֶׁל נַפָּחִין, טְהוֹרָה. מַשְׁחֶזֶת שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ בֵּית קִבּוּל שֶׁמֶן, טְמֵאָה. וְשֶׁאֵין בָּהּ, טְהוֹרָה. פִּנְקָס שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ בֵּית קִבּוּל שַׁעֲוָה, טְמֵאָה. וְשֶׁאֵין בָּהּ, טְהוֹרָה. מַחֲצֶלֶת הַקַּשׁ וּשְׁפוֹפֶרֶת הַקַּשׁ, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא, וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי מְטַהֵר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אַף שֶׁל פַּקּוּעוֹת כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן. מַחֲצֶלֶת קָנִים וְשֶׁל חֵלֶף, טְהוֹרָה. שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת הַקָּנֶה שֶׁחֲתָכָהּ לְקַבָּלָה, טְהוֹרָה, עַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיא אֶת כָּל הַכָּכָי:
Die Basis der Goldschmiede'Amboss ist anfällig für Verunreinigungen, aber der der Schmiede ist rein. Eine Schärfplatte, die einen Behälter für Öl hat, ist anfällig für Verunreinigungen, aber eine, die keine hat, ist rein. Eine Schreibtafel mit einem Behälter für Wachs ist anfällig für Verunreinigungen, aber eine, die keine hat, ist rein. Eine Strohmatte oder eine Strohröhre: Rabbi Akiva erklärt, dass sie anfällig für Verunreinigungen ist, aber Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri erklärt sie für rein. Rabbi Shimon sagt: Der hohle Stiel von Colocynth unterliegt demselben Gesetz. Eine Matte aus Schilf oder Binsen ist rein. Ein Rohrrohr, das er geschnitten hat, um etwas aufzunehmen, bleibt rein, bis er das ganze Mark entfernt hat.
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תחתית הצורפים (the goldsmith’s anvil) – those who smelter gold and silver, their bottoms/base are a vessel which is called a frame in which an anvil is set. And it is made to place within it silver and/or gold rubbish/broken ware. But that of a smith is not made to receive, and it is not made explicitly also for sitting.
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The base of the goldsmiths’ anvil is susceptible to uncleanness, but that of the blacksmiths is clean. The base of the goldsmiths' anvil is susceptible because it has a place to store small pieces of gold that break off. However, the blacksmiths' anvil has no such receptacle and therefore it is clean.
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משחזת (whetting implement of stone or wood) – of wood that they sharpen/whet the knives. And they make for it a receptacle for oil that they smear [the implements] with oil to sharpen them.
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A whetting-board which has a receptacle for oil is susceptible to uncleanness, but one that has none is clean. A whetting board is used for sharpening a knife. If it has a receptacle to store oil it is susceptible but if it is not it is clean.
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פנקס של שעוה – that the storekeeper has and the money changer that he writes upon it with a stylus/engraving tool.
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A writing-tablet that has a receptacle for wax is susceptible to uncleanness, but one that has none is clean. To write on a writing tablet one would rub wax on the tablet and carve into the wax. If the tablet has a receptacle to store the wax it is susceptible.
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קש – the tails of the ears of grain, and make mats out of them.
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A straw mat or a tube of straw: Rabbi Akiva rules it is susceptible to uncleanness; But Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri rules that is it clean. Rabbi Shimon says: the hollow stalk of colocynth is subject to the same law. According to Rabbi Akiva a straw mat or straw tube both last long enough to be considered a vessel and therefore they are both susceptible to impurity. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri says that they do not last long enough, and therefore they are clean. Rabbi Shimon says the same debate between Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri also exists with regard to the hollow stalk of a colocynth plant or a mat made from colocynth. The following is the intro to colocynth that I found on Wikipedia: The colocynth, also known as bitter apple, bitter cucumber, egusi, or vine of Sodom, is a viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia, especially Turkey (especially in regions such as İzmir), Nubia, and Trieste.
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ושפופרת הקש – which is hollow and it has a receptacle.
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A mat of reeds or rushes is clean. A mat made of reeds or rushes is not soft enough to sit on and is therefore not susceptible to impurity. These mats are generally used for shade.
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רבי עקיבא מטמא – and even though its receptacle is small, for it is taught in the Mishnah above (see Tractate Kelim, Chapter 17, Mishnah 15), “that a person who makes a receptacle of any sort – it is ritually defiled.” And there is a difference of opinion if it is thing that is standing or not, for there is nothing unclean/defiled other than if it stands on its own. But Rabbi Akiva considers something that is standing, whereas Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri does not consider for himself something that is standing. But the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiva.
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פקועות (bitter-apple/a gourd) – a desert gourd. But there are those who say, small, bitter melons. And their reed is hollow like the tube of straw.
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A reed-tube that was cut for holding anything remains clean until all the pith has been removed. If a reed tube was cut to be used as a receptacle, it is not susceptible to impurity until the pith, the stuff inside the stalk, has been removed.
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חלף (rush/shoot) – it is a kind of grass and they make from it shoots/rush and mats. And they call it CHALFA in Arabic.
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טהורה – from the ritual defilement of a reptile, but not from laying and sitting, for according to the Torah, if it is not made for overhanging boughs or twigs.
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קנה שחתכו לקבלה – to place in it powder for painting the eye-lids/stibium.
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הככי (pith/a web-like reed pith that has substance) – the white marrow that is withing the reed. But prior to this, the reed does no have susceptibility to receive defilement, and even according to the words of the Scribes.
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