Related%20passage for Kelim 27:12

שְׁלֹשָׁה עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה שֶׁנִּקְרַע, אִם נְתָנוֹ עַל הַכִּסֵּא וּבְשָׂרוֹ נוֹגֵעַ בַּכִּסֵּא, טָהוֹר, וְאִם לָאו, טָמֵא. שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ שֶׁנִּמְהָה מִמֶּנָּה חוּט אֶחָד, אוֹ שֶׁנִּמְצָא בוֹ קֶשֶׁר, אוֹ שְׁנֵי חוּטִין מַתְאִימִין, טְהוֹרָה. שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ שֶׁהִשְׁלִיכָהּ בָּאַשְׁפּוֹת, טְהוֹרָה. הֶחֱזִירָהּ, טְמֵאָה. לְעוֹלָם הַשְׁלָכָתָהּ מְטַהֲרַתָּה, וַחֲזָרָתָהּ מְטַמֵּאתָהּ, חוּץ מִשֶּׁל אַרְגָּמָן וְשֶׁל זְהוֹרִית טוֹבָה. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אַף מַטְלִית חֲדָשָׁה כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כֻּלָּן טְהוֹרִין, לֹא הֻזְכְּרוּ אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה:

Regarding a [piece of cloth of] three by three [handbreadths] which was torn, if one places it on a chair and [when he sits down upon it] his skin touches the chair, it is pure; and if not, it is impure [i.e. it can retain impurity]. Regarding a [piece of cloth of] three by three [fingerbreadths], if one of its threads was worn away, or if a knot was found in it, or if two of its threads ran alongside each other [i.e. as an imperfection in its weave], it is pure. A [piece of cloth of] three by three [fingerbreadths] which was cast to the trash heap is pure. If one brought it back [from the trash], it is [once more susceptible to being rendered] impure. Its having been thrown away always renders it pure, and its being brought back renders it [susceptible to becoming] impure, except when it is of purple or fine crimson [which can still be rendered impure even after being cast into the trash]. Rabbi Eliezer says: the same applies also to a piece of new cloth. Rabbi Shimon says: all of these are pure; they were mentioned [as exceptions] only with regard to the returning of lost property.

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