Reference for Kelim 26:9

עוֹר שֶׁהוּא טָמֵא מִדְרָס, וְחִשַּׁב עָלָיו לִרְצוּעוֹת וּלְסַנְדָּלִין, כֵּיוָן שֶׁנָּתַן בּוֹ אֶת הָאִזְמֵל, טָהוֹר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, עַד שֶׁיְּמַעֲטֶנּוּ פָחוֹת מֵחֲמִשָּׁה טְפָחִים. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בַּר רַבִּי צָדוֹק אוֹמֵר, אַף הָעוֹשֶׂה מִטְפַּחַת מִן הָעוֹר, טְמֵאָה. וּמִן הַכֶּסֶת, טְהוֹרָה:

Regarding a hide that has contracted <i>midras</i> impurity, if one then thought to use it for straps or sandals, as soon as he put the knife to it, it is pure, according to Rabbi Yehuda. And the Sages say: [it is not pure] until he has reduced it to less than five handbreadths. Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok says: even if one made a napkin from a hide it is [still susceptible to being rendered] impure; if [one made one] from a blanket, it is pure [and insusceptible to impurity].

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