Commentary for Kelim 17:15

הָעוֹשֶׂה כְלִי קִבּוּל, מִכָּל מָקוֹם, טָמֵא. הָעוֹשֶׂה מִשְׁכָּב וּמוֹשָׁב, מִכָּל מָקוֹם, טָמֵא. הָעוֹשֶׂה כִיס מֵעוֹר הַמַּצָּה, מִן הַנְּיָר, טָמֵא. הָרִמּוֹן, הָאַלּוֹן, וְהָאֱגוֹז, שֶׁחֲקָקוּם הַתִּינוֹקוֹת לָמֹד בָּהֶם אֶת הֶעָפָר אוֹ שֶׁהִתְקִינוּם לְכַף מֹאזְנַיִם, טָמֵא, שֶׁיֶּשׁ לָהֶם מַעֲשֶׂה וְאֵין לָהֶם מַחֲשָׁבָה:

If one makes a receptacle, whatever its size it is susceptible to impurity. If one makes a couch or a bed, whatever its purpose it is susceptible to impurity. If one makes a wallet from untanned hide or from papyrus, it is susceptible to impurity. A pomegranate, an acorn or a nut which children hollowed out to measure dust, or fixed into a pair of scales, are susceptible to impurity, since the children did the act without intention [to fix the scales to the ground].

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