Related%20passage for Shabbat 17:3

קָנֶה שֶׁל זֵיתִים, אִם יֵשׁ קֶשֶׁר בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֵין מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה. בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ, נִטָּל בְּשַׁבָּת:

An olive-cane [a cane which is used to check the olives in the vat to ascertain that their oil has accumulated in it and that they are ready for the olive press] — if there is a knot on its head [a kind of cane-stopper], it acquires uncleanliness, [for being thus stopped up with a knot some of the oil flowing from the olives remains on it, and he ascertains thereby whether they are ready for pressing. The knot-stopper, then, creates a (kind of) receptacle (whereby the cane acquires uncleanliness)]; if not, [i.e., if it does not have a knot, even if it is hollow, its hollow is not made to receive anything. Therefore, it is (regarded as) a plain wooden vessel, and] it does not acquire uncleanliness. In any event, it may be moved on Shabbath, [for it is a vessel for checking olives.]

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