Commentary for Kelim 6:4
שְׁתֵּי אֲבָנִים שֶׁעֲשָׂאָם כִּירָה וְנִטְמְאוּ, סָמַךְ לָזוֹ אֶבֶן אַחַת מִכָּאן, וְלָזוֹ אֶבֶן אַחַת מִכָּאן, חֶצְיָהּ שֶׁל זוֹ טְמֵאָה וְחֶצְיָהּ טְהוֹרָה, וְחֶצְיָהּ שֶׁל זוֹ טְמֵאָה וְחֶצְיָהּ טְהוֹרָה. נִטְּלוּ טְהוֹרוֹת, חָזְרוּ אֵלּוּ לְטֻמְאָתָן:
Two stones upon which a stove is made that become impure: if he put a stone near the outer side of the one and another stone near the outer side of the other, [the inner half] of each [of the inner stones] remains impure while [the outer] half of each [of these stones] is pure. If he removed the pure stones, the others return to their impurity.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
סמך לזו אבן אחת מכאן ולו אבן אחת מכאן – and they were found now three portable stoves with caves for two pots, the middle one is [ritually] impure and the outer ones are pure. Therefore, the two middle stones – half of this one and half of that one [of the pure side] is pure and he uses the pure [sections].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If two stones were made into a stove and they became defiled, and a stone was set up near the outer side of the one and another stone near the outer side of the other, [the inner half] of each [inner stones] remains unclean while [the outer] half of each [of these stones] is clean. At the outset there are simply two stones attached to the ground and made into a stove. These stones become defiled. Then he put another stone on each side, creating three stoves made of four stones. The inner half of each of the original stones remains impure because it serves the inside stove. The outer half which faces the pure stone becomes pure because it has now been made into a new stove.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
ניטלו החיצונות הטהורות – the middle ones return to their impurity as at the beginning, and all of them are impure, for behold there isn’t here any used for purity.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If the clean stones are removed the others revert to their impurity. If he then removes the outer stones, the inner stones revert to their earlier state of impurity which means they are completely impure.
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