Commentary for Kelim 22:2
הַשֻּׁלְחָן שֶׁנִּטְּלָה אַחַת מֵרַגְלָיו, טָהוֹר. נִטְּלָה שְׁנִיָּה, טָהוֹר. נִטְּלָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית, טָמֵא כְּשֶׁיַּחְשֹׁב עָלָיו. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אֵין צָרִיךְ מַחֲשָׁבָה. וְכֵן הַדְּלֻפְקִי:
A table one of whose legs was removed is not susceptible to impurity. If a second leg was removed it is still pure. But if a third was removed it becomes susceptible to impurity when the owner has the intention of using it. Rabbi Yose says: no intention is necessary. The same applies also to the side-board.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
שניטלה אחת מרגליו טהור – for it is not fit as a table, for it is not appropriate to eat upon it.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
A table one of whose legs was removed is clean. If one of a three-legged table's legs is removed, it is no longer functional and therefore it is clean.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
ניטלה שלישית טמא – for it is appropriate to eat upon it like on top of a board. And it is something that he would consider to eat upon.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If a second leg was removed it is still clean. But if a third was removed it becomes unclean where the owner has the intention of using it. If the second leg is removed it is still clean, because it can still not be used. However, if the third leg is removed, then all that remains is a board. If he intends to use the board without the legs, then it becomes susceptible to impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
אינו צריך מחשבה – for since it is appropriate to eat upon it, it is susceptible to receive defilement.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Rabbi Yose says: no intention is necessary. Rabbi Yose says that since the board can be used, it is automatically susceptible to impurity. He need not even intend to use it.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
וכן הדולפקי (and similarly the delphica) – its law is like that of the table. And just as there was disagreement regarding a table, so there was disagreement regarding the delphica. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
The same law applies also to the side-board. The same debate occurs in reference to a side-board (mentioned also in yesterday's mishnah).
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