Mesorat%20hashas for Kelim 27:9

סָדִין שֶׁהוּא טָמֵא מִדְרָס, וַעֲשָׂאוֹ וִילוֹן, טָהוֹר מִן הַמִּדְרָס, אֲבָל טָמֵא מַגַּע מִדְרָס. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וְכִי בְאֵיזֶה מִדְרָס נָגַע זֶה. אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן נָגַע בּוֹ הַזָּב, טָמֵא בְמַגַּע הַזָּב:

Regarding a sheet which contracted <i>midras</i> impurity, which one then fashioned into a curtain, it is pure from <i>midras</i> impurity, but is impure from contact with <i>midras</i> impurity. Rabbi Yose said, "And yet which <i>midras</i> impurity has touched it?! [Rather] only if a <i>zav</i> [a male with a genital discharge that renders him an Origin of impurity] touched it is it [rendered] impure from contact with a <i>zav</i>."

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