Quoting%20commentary for Kelim 11:9

נֶזֶם שֶׁהוּא עָשׂוּי כִּקְדֵרָה מִלְּמַטָּן וְכָעֲדָשָׁה מִלְמַעְלָן, וְנִפְרַק, כִּקְדֵרָה טָמֵא מִשּׁוּם כְּלִי בֵית קִבּוּל, וְכָעֲדָשָׁה טָמֵא בִפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ. צִנּוֹרָא, טְהוֹרָה. הֶעָשׂוּי כְּמִין אֶשְׁכּוֹל, וְנִפְרַק, טָהוֹר:

If an earring was shaped like a pot at its bottom and like a lentil at the top and it fell apart, the pot-shaped section is susceptible to impurity because it is a receptacle, while the lentil shaped section is susceptible to impurity in itself. The hook is pure. If it was in the shape of a cluster of grapes and it fell apart, they are pure.

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