Talmud for Kelim 19:6

מִטָּה שֶׁכָּרַךְ לָהּ מִזְרָן, וְנָגַע בָּהֶן הַמֵּת, טְמֵאִין טֻמְאַת שִׁבְעָה. פֵּרְשׁוּ, טְמֵאִין טֻמְאַת שִׁבְעָה. נָגַע בָּהֶן הַשֶּׁרֶץ, טְמֵאִין טֻמְאַת עָרֶב. פֵּרְשׁוּ, טְמֵאִין טֻמְאַת עָרֶב. מִטָּה שֶׁנִּטְּלוּ שְׁתֵּי אֲרֻכּוֹת שֶׁלָּהּ וְעָשָׂה לָהּ חֲדָשׁוֹת, וְלֹא שִׁנָּה אֶת הַנְּקָבִים, נִשְׁתַּבְּרוּ חֲדָשׁוֹת, טְמֵאָה. וִישָׁנוֹת, טְהוֹרָה, שֶׁהַכֹּל הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַיְשָׁנוֹת:

If he wrapped a mattress strap around a bed, and a corpse touched them, they become impure from seven-day impurity. If they are taken apart, they are still impure from seven-day impurity. If a <em>sheretz</em> [one of a number of creeping creatures mentioned in the Torah as causing impurity] touched them, they are impure until evening. If they are taken apart, they are still impure until evening. If a bed [which is impure] has its two longer sides removed, and two new ones made for it, but its original sockets were not changed - if the new sides become broken, the bed remains impure, but if the old ones were broken, it becomes pure, since everything depends on the old ones.

Jerusalem Talmud Kilayim

“If it shrank it is in order.” Rebbi Immi said, that means for the seeds that were already on it; hence, it is forbidden to sow anew. If one transgressed and sowed, since the earlier ones are permitted, so are the new ones. Rebbi Jeremiah asked: It is acceptable that if the later ones were uprooted, the earlier ones are permitted. If the earlier ones were uprooted, what is the status of the later ones? Let us hear from the following⁵²Mishnah Kelim 19:6. One has to read ארוכות instead of ארובות. One speaks of a bed that has a wooden frame, consisting of two short (head- and foot-) boards and two long ones on the sides. The mattress lies on strings that are strung from one long board to the opposite one. The bed has become impure. It is a utensil, and any utensil can become pure either by immersion in a ritual bath (which is a problem for a large bed) or by becoming unusable. The Mishnah states that if the two long boards are broken we no longer have a bed and the remainder becomes pure, even if the boards are later replaced by new ones. But if the long boards are simply removed and replaced by new ones, the impurity is not removed, even if the replacement boards break, since the old ones could be returned to their place.: “If the two long boards of a bed were removed and one made two new ones in their stead but did not change the holes, if the new boards were broken, it is impure, if the old ones, it is pure, since all goes after the prior status.” That means, if the later ones were uprooted, the earlier ones are permitted. If the earlier ones were uprooted, the later ones are forbidden.

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