Reference for Kelim 19:9

תֵּבָה שֶׁפִּתְחָהּ מִצִּדָּהּ, טְמֵאָה מִדְרָס וּטְמֵא מֵת. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, אֵימָתַי, בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אוֹ שֶׁאֵין לָהּ לִזְבֵּז טֶפַח. נִפְחֲתָה מִלְמַעְלָן, טְמֵאָה טְמֵא מֵת. נִפְחֲתָה מִלְּמַטָּן, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְטַמֵּא. וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁבָּטַל הָעִקָּר, בָּטְלָה הַטְּפֵלָה:

A box whose opening is at its side is susceptible to both <em>midras</em> impurity and corpse impurity. Rabbi Yose said: When does this apply? When it is less than ten <em>tefachim</em> in height or when it does not have a rim one <em>tefach</em> deep. If it was damaged above, it is still susceptible to corpse impurity. If it was damaged below: Rabbi Meir declares it susceptible to impurity. But the Sages declare it pure, because if its primary function is annulled, the secondary one is also annulled.

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