Quoting%20commentary for Kelim 9:8

תַּנּוּר שֶׁנִּקַּב מֵעֵינוֹ, שִׁעוּרוֹ מְלֹא כוּשׁ נִכְנָס וְיוֹצֵא דּוֹלֵק. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, שֶׁלֹּא דוֹלֵק. נִקַּב מִצִּדּוֹ, שִׁעוּרוֹ כִמְלֹא כוּשׁ נִכְנָס וְיוֹצֵא שֶׁלֹּא דוֹלֵק. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, דּוֹלֵק. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִן הָאֶמְצָע, נִכְנָס. מִן הַצַּד, אֵינוֹ נִכְנָס. וְכֵן הָיָה אוֹמֵר בִּמְגוּפַת הֶחָבִית שֶׁנִּקְּבָה, שִׁעוּרָהּ מְלֹא מִיצָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל שִׁיפוֹן. מִן הָאֶמְצָע, נִכְנָס. מִן הַצַּד, אֵינוֹ נִכְנָס. וְכֵן הָיָה אוֹמֵר בַּחֲצָבִים גְּדוֹלִים שֶׁנִּקְּבוּ, שִׁעוּרָם מְלֹא מִיצָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל קָנֶה. מִן הָאֶמְצָע, נִכְנָס. מִן הַצַּד, אֵינוֹ נִכְנָס. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ לְיַיִן, אֲבָל אִם נַעֲשׂוּ לִשְׁאָר מַשְׁקִין, אֲפִלּוּ כָל שֶׁהוּא, טְמֵאִים. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשׂוּ בִידֵי אָדָם. אֲבָל אִם נַעֲשׂוּ בִידֵי אָדָם, אֲפִלּוּ כָל שֶׁהוּא, טְמֵאִים. נִקְּבוּ, הֶעָשׂוּי לָאֳכָלִים, שִׁעוּרָן בְּזֵיתִים. הֶעָשׂוּי לְמַשְׁקִים, שִׁעוּרָן בְּמַשְׁקִים. הֶעָשׂוּי לְכָךְ וּלְכָךְ, מַטִּילִים אוֹתוֹ לְחֻמְרוֹ, בְּצָמִיד פָּתִיל וּבְכוֹנֵס מַשְׁקֶה:

If an oven has a hole made in its "eye", the minimum size [for it to leave the category of being tightly closed] is the circumference of a spindle staff that can enter and come out while burning [without being extinguished]. Rabbi Yehudah says: [Even if it] cannot burn. If the hole was at its side, the minimum size must be that of the circumference of a spindle staff that can enter and come out while it is not burning. Rabbi Judah says: While burning. Rabbi Shimon says: if the hole is in the middle its size must be large enough so that it can actually enter, but if it was at the side it need not be able to actually enter. And similarly he used to say concerning the stopper of a jar which was pierced: The minimum size is the circumference of the second knot in a rye stalk. If the hole was in the middle the stalk must be able to enter, and if at the side it need not be able to enter. And similarly he used to say concerning large stone jars whose stoppers became pierced. The minimum size is the circumference of the second knot in a reed. If the hole was in the middle the reed must be able to enter it, and if it was at the side the reed need not be able to enter it. When is this so? When the jars were made for wine, but if they were made for other liquids, if they have even the smallest hole, they are impure. When is this so? When the holes were not made by a person, but if they were made by a person, if they have even the smallest hole, they are impure. If [a different vessel] was pierced [the rule to render it not tightly covered] is as follows: If the vessel was used for food, [the hole] must be large enough to let olives fall out; if for liquids, [a hole] that lets out liquids; if for both, they impose the greater restriction, that for a tightly fitting cover, [the size of the hole need only be] one that admits a liquid.

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