Talmud for Kelim 18:8

תְּפִלָּה, אַרְבָּעָה כֵלִים. הִתִּיר קְצִיצָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְתִקְּנָהּ, טְמֵאָה טְמֵא מֵת, וְכֵן שְׁנִיָּה, וְכֵן שְׁלִישִׁית. הִתִּיר אֶת הָרְבִיעִית, טְהוֹרָה מִטְּמֵא מֵת, אֲבָל טְמֵאָה מַגַּע טְמֵא מֵת. חָזַר לָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְהִתִּירָהּ וְתִקְּנָהּ, טְמֵאָה בְמַגָּע, וְכֵן שְׁנִיָּה. הִתִּיר אֶת הַשְּׁלִישִׁית, טְהוֹרָה, שֶׁהָרְבִיעִית בְּמַגָּע, וְאֵין מַגָּע עוֹשֶׂה מַגָּע:

A tefillin box consisting of four compartments [i.e., the <em>shel rosh</em>]: if he removed the first compartment, and then he affixed [another], it retains its corpse impurity, and so too with the second and the third [compartments]. If he removed the fourth [compartment], it becomes purified from corpse impurity, but it remains impure from contact with [an object impure through] corpse impurity. If he went back to the first compartment and removed it and affixed [another], it remains impure from contact [with an object impure through corpse impurity]. So too with the second [compartment]. If he then removed the third compartment and affixed [another], it becomes pure, since the fourth was impure from contact, and what is impure from contact cannot convey impurity by contact.

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