Kommentar zu Kelim 4:2
חָבִית שֶׁנִּתְרוֹעֲעָה וְאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְהִטַּלְטֵל בַּחֲצִי קַב גְּרוֹגָרוֹת, טְהוֹרָה. גִּסְטְרָא שֶׁנִּתְרוֹעֲעָה וְאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת מַשְׁקִין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא מְקַבֶּלֶת אֳכָלִין, טְהוֹרָה שֶׁאֵין שְׁיָרִין לִשְׁיָרִין:
Ein Krug, der zerbrochen ist und nicht getragen werden kann, während er eine halbe Kavade getrockneter Feigen hält, ist rein. Ein defektes Gefäß, das gerissen ist und keine Flüssigkeiten mehr aufnehmen kann, obwohl es noch Lebensmittel aufnehmen kann, ist rein, da ein zerbrochenes Utensil nicht als weiter zerbrochen angesehen werden kann.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
ואינה יכולה להטלטל בחצי קב גרוגרות – because it is cracked/broken, and the dried figs weigh down upon the broken parts completely while being carried. And therefore, its measure is one-half-of-a-Kab, which is the measure of one meal. For a Kab of dried figs is the measure for two meals as it is proven at the end of the Tractate Peah (Chapter 8, Mishnah 5): “[When dispensing poor man’s tithe], they may give to the por at the threshing floor no less than…one Kab of dried figs.” But everything that is not worthy to carry in it the measure of one meal is like something that is broken.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If a jar was cracked and cannot be moved with half a kav of dried figs in it, it is clean. Half a kav of dried figs is an amount deemed worthy of a meal (see Peah 8:5). If a jar cannot hold this minimum measure of food, it is not susceptible to impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
גיסטרא (see Tractate Kelim, Chapter 2, Mishnah 6 – something defective/broken) – an earthenware vessel that is split into two, and it becomes two sides.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If a damaged vessel ( was cracked and it cannot hold any liquid, even though it can hold foodstuffs, it is clean, since remnants do not have remnants. A damaged broken piece of an earthenware vessel that is still used to hold liquids is still susceptible to impurity. However, if it then becomes cracked such that it cannot hold liquids, it is no longer susceptible to impurity. This is because there is a general rule that once a damaged piece of earthenware becomes further damaged, it is usually discarded and therefore no longer susceptible to impurity. Note that is true even though this broken piece of a utensil could be used to hold food. Since people generally throw such a thing away, it is no longer considered a vessel.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
שאין שיריים לשיריים – we have compassion upon a complete vessel and because of a small crack, we don’t pour into it [liquids] and we bring the remnants of the vessel, that is the shards of a vessel and place them underneath it. But the shards of a vessel when it is cracked it releases liquid we throw it out, for we don’t say: bring a shard of one vessel to place underneath the shard of this vessel.
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