Quoting%20commentary for Kelim 19:4

נִשָּׂא הַזָּב עַל הַמִּטָּה וְעַל הַמִּזְרָן, מְטַמֵּא שְׁנַיִם וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, נִשָּׂא הַזָּב עַל הַמִּטָּה וְעַל הַמִּזְרָן, עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, מְטַמֵּא שְׁנַיִם וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד. מֵעֲשָׂרָה וְלַחוּץ, מְטַמֵּא אֶחָד וּפוֹסֵל אֶחָד. נִשָּׂא עַל הַמִּזְרָן, מֵעֲשָׂרָה וְלִפְנִים, טָמֵא. מֵעֲשָׂרָה וְלַחוּץ, טָהוֹר:

If he carried a <em>zav</em> [a male with an abnormal genital discharge] on a bed [with] its mattress strap, [the latter] causes impurity [onward] to the second degree and unfitness [onward] to the first degree; the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yose says: if he carried a <em>zav</em> on a bed with its mattress strap, [if its length is up to] ten <em>tefachim</em> it causes impurity to the second degree and unfitness to the first degree, but if it is over ten <em>tefachim</em>, it causes only impurity to the first degree and unfitness to the first degree. If he carried [a <em>zav</em>] on the mattress strap [but the <em>zav</em> did not touch the actual bed], [if the strap is] shorter than ten <em>tefachim</em>, it becomes impure, but if it was longer than ten <em>tefachim</em>, it remains pure.

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