Die Kleidungsstücke armer Menschen können, selbst wenn sie weniger als drei mal drei [Fingerbreiten] enthalten, dadurch mit Midras- Verunreinigungen unrein gemacht werden . In Bezug auf einen Umhang, den man zu zerreißen begann, wird er [dh seine zwei Hälften], sobald der Großteil davon zerrissen ist, nicht als Verbindung angesehen. Diejenigen [Materialien], die grob oder fein sind, unterliegen nicht [dem Mindestmaß von] drei mal drei [Fingerbreiten; Sie unterliegen stattdessen dem größeren Minimum von drei mal drei Handbreiten.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
בגדי עניים – which are made from small individual pieces, and there isn’t in all of them one whole piece that has three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Poor men's clothes, though made up of pieces none of which is three [fingerbreadths] square are susceptible to midras uncleanness. Poor people's clothing is susceptible to midras uncleanness even if each piece is smaller than three fingerbreadths square. This is because poor people settle for whatever clothing they can find and therefore what they consider worthy of wearing might be thrown out by others.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
הרי אלו טמאים מדרס – for since there is in all of the cloth as a whole three handbreadths by three handbreadths or more, the entire cloth is impure with treading uncleanness.;
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If a cloak began to be torn, as soon as its greater part is torn [the pieces] are not regarded as connected. The two parts of the cloak are considered to be separate once the greater part of the cloak is torn. At this point, if one piece is impure, the other can remain pure.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
כיון שנקרע רובה אינו חיבור – but if the one end is defiled, the other end is not defiled.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Exceptionally thick or thin materials are not governed by the prescribed minimum of three [fingerbreadths] square. If material is exceptionally thin or thick, it is not usable. Therefore, it is not subject to the usual rule that a piece of cloth three fingerbreadths square is susceptible to impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
העבים והרכים – the most thick and huge clothing, such as the thick, full or felted stuff and the large ones. And the most soft and thin, such as that of silk and that which is hatchelled.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
אין בהן משום שלש על שלש – and they are not defiled through corpse defilement nor the rest of the defilements until there they will have three-handbreadths or more, because [less than] three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths] is not worth anything.
