Talmud for Kelim 13:2

קֹלִגְרִיפוֹן שֶׁנִּטְּלָה כַפָּהּ, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי שִׁנָּהּ. נִטְּלָה שִׁנָּהּ, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי כַפָּהּ. מִכְחוֹל שֶׁנִּטַּל הַכַּף, טָמֵא מִפְּנֵי הַזָּכָר. נִטַּל הַזָּכָר, טָמֵא מִפְּנֵי הַכָּף. מַכְתֵּב שֶׁנִּטַּל הַכּוֹתֵב, טָמֵא מִפְּנֵי הַמּוֹחֵק. נִטַּל הַמּוֹחֵק, טָמֵא מִפְּנֵי הַכּוֹתֵב. זוֹמָא לִסְטְרָא שֶׁנִּטְּלָה כַפָּהּ, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי הַמַּזְלֵג. נִטַּל הַמַּזְלֵג, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי כַפָּהּ. וְכֵן הַשֵּׁן שֶׁל מַעְדֵּר. שִׁעוּר כֻּלָּן, כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלַאכְתָּן:

A koligrifon [tool with one end for placing bread into, and removing it from, the oven, and the other end for raking coals] whose spoon has been removed is susceptible to impurity on account of its teeth [of the rake end]. If its teeth have been removed, it is still susceptible on account of its spoon. A mikchol [used for cleaning out ears and applying eye makeup] whose spoon is missing is susceptible to impurity on account of its point; if its point was missing, it is still susceptible on account of its spoon. A stylus whose writing point is missing is susceptible to impurity on account of its eraser; if its eraser is missing, it is susceptible on account of its writing point. A zoma listra [kitchen tool with a ladle at one end and fork at the other] whose ladle is removed is susceptible to impurity on account of its fork; if its fork is missing, it is susceptible on account of its ladle. So too with regard to the prong of a mattock. The minimum for all these instruments [to render them subject to ritual impurity]: so long as they can perform their usual work.

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

HALAKHAH: 5. “Reed to make a writing pen,” etc. Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: But at least that it reaches to the finger joints¹⁰⁰Babli 90b as a tannaitic statement; Tosephta 8:21.. Rebbi Zeˋira asked, one understands up to here. Maybe up to here¹⁰¹The same question is asked in the Babli, which joints are meant? The roots of the fingers or the middle joint? The question is not answered there either.? There, we have stated¹⁰²Mishnah Kelim13:2. Any vessel may become impure. When it is broken, it lost its impurity. The Mishnah states that impurity is eliminated only if it is completely unusable, not if a multi-purpose instrument has lost one of its uses. The slate pen is used to write on a wax-covered wooden tablet; its wide back is used to erase the writing and prepare the tablet for new writing.: “A pen of which the writing tip was broken off is impure because of the eraser. If the eraser was broken off it is impure because of the writing tip.” Rebbi Zeˋira asked, one understand up to here. Maybe up to here¹⁰³Here also the minimal size of a pen remains undefined as it was for the reed pen.? Rebbi Yose said, any “egg” which was stated in Kelim means the actual volume of an egg. In Šabbat in the volume of a dried fig, of an egg¹⁰⁴In Mishnah Kelim17:6 it is stated that “volume of an egg” mentioned in the Mishnah means volume of an average sized egg. It is now stated that the volume of “an easily cooked egg” means that of a small chicken egg, the volume of a dried Palestinian fig. Babli 80b..

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