Reference for Kelim 7:5

נִטַּל אַחַד מֵהֶן, מִטַּמְּאִין בְּמַגָּע וְאֵינָם מִטַּמְּאִים בַּאֲוִיר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַהֵר. עָשָׂה שְׁנַיִם, זֶה כְנֶגֶד זֶה, מִטַּמְּאִין בְּמַגָּע וּבַאֲוִיר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַהֵר. הָיוּ גְבוֹהִין מִשָּׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, מִשָּׁלֹשׁ וּלְמַטָּן מִטַּמְּאִים בְּמַגָּע וּבַאֲוִיר, מִשָּׁלֹשׁ וּלְמַעְלָן מִטַּמְּאִין בְּמַגָּע וְאֵינָן מִטַּמְּאִין בַּאֲוִיר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַהֵר. הָיוּ מְשׁוּכִים מִן הַשָּׂפָה, בְּתוֹךְ שָׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, מִטַּמְּאִים בְּמַגָּע וּבַאֲוִיר, חוּץ מִשָּׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת מִטַּמְּאִים בְּמַגָּע וְאֵינָם מִטַּמְּאִים בַּאֲוִיר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַהֵר:

If he removed one of them [i.e. the props of the tripod], the remaining ones contract impurity by contact but not through air-space; the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Shimon says that they are not subject to impurity. If he made two props, one opposite the other, they contract impurity by contact and through air-space; the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Shimon says that they are pure. If they were more than three finger-breadths high, the parts that are three finger-breadths high and below contract impurity by contact and through air-space, but the parts that are more than three finger-breadths high contract impurity by contact and not through air-space; the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Shimon says that they are pure. If they extend beyond the rim [of the stove], the parts which are within three finger-breadths [of the rim] contract impurity by contact and through air-space, and those parts that extend out more than three finger-breadths contract impurity by contact but not through air-space; the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Shimon says that they are pure.

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