Kelim 4

הַחֶרֶס שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לַעֲמֹד מִפְּנֵי אָזְנוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה בוֹ חִדּוּד וְהַחִדּוּד מַכְרִיעוֹ, טָהוֹר. נִטְּלָה הָאֹזֶן, נִשְׁבַּר הַחִדּוּד, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מְטַמֵּא. חָבִית שֶׁנִּפְחֲתָה, וְהִיא מְקַבֶּלֶת עַל דָּפְנוֹתֶיהָ, אוֹ שֶׁנֶּחְלְקָה כְמִין שְׁתֵּי עֲרֵבוֹת, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מְטַהֵר, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַמְּאִין:

A piece of pottery, which cannot stand because of its handle or because it has a pointed bottom, is pure [i.e., not susceptible to ritual impurity]. If the handle broke off or the point was broken off, it is pure. Rabbi Yehudah says it is impure [i.e., capable of contracting ritual impurity]. A jug which lost a piece but can still contain with its sides, or became divided like two troughs - Rabbi Yehudah says it is pure, but the Sages say it is impure.

חָבִית שֶׁנִּתְרוֹעֲעָה וְאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְהִטַּלְטֵל בַּחֲצִי קַב גְּרוֹגָרוֹת, טְהוֹרָה. גִּסְטְרָא שֶׁנִּתְרוֹעֲעָה וְאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת מַשְׁקִין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא מְקַבֶּלֶת אֳכָלִין, טְהוֹרָה שֶׁאֵין שְׁיָרִין לִשְׁיָרִין:

A jug which broke and cannot be carried while holding half a <em>kav</em> of dried figs is pure. A defective vessel which cracked and can no longer hold liquids, even though it can still hold food, is pure, because a broken utensil cannot be considered to become further broken.

אֵיזוֹ הִיא גִסְטְרָא, כֹּל שֶׁנִּטְּלוּ אָזְנֶיהָ. הָיוּ בָהּ חִדּוּדִין יוֹצְאִין, כֹּל הַמְקַבֵּל עִמָּהּ בְּזֵיתִים, מִטַּמֵּא בְמַגָּע וּכְנֶגְדּוֹ מִטַּמֵּא בַאֲוִיר. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל עִמָּהּ בְּזֵיתִים, מִטַּמֵּא בְמַגָּע וְאֵין כְּנֶגְדּוֹ מִטַּמֵּא בַאֲוִיר. הָיְתָה מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ כְּמִין קַתֶּדְרָה, כֹּל הַמְקַבֵּל עִמָּהּ בְּזֵיתִים, מִטַּמֵּא בְמַגָּע וּכְנֶגְדּוֹ מִטַּמֵּא בַאֲוִיר. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל עִמָּהּ בְּזֵיתִים, מִטַּמֵּא בְמַגָּע וְאֵין כְּנֶגְדּוֹ מִטַּמֵּא בַאֲוִיר. שׁוּלֵי קוֹרְפִיּוֹת וְשׁוּלֵי קוֹסִים הַצִּידוֹנִיִּים, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָם יְכוֹלִים לֵישֵׁב שֶׁלֹּא מְסֻמָּכִין, טְמֵאִין, שֶׁלְּכָךְ נַעֲשׂוּ מִתְּחִלָּתָן:

What is considered a defective vessel? Any whose handles were broken off. If it had hollow knobs, if it can hold olives it can become impure by touching and can make things opposite it impure through the air. If it cannot hold olives it can become impure by touching but does not make things opposite it impure. If it was laying on its side like a <em>katedrah</em> chair - if it can hold olives, it can become impure by touching and can make things opposite it impure through the air; if it cannot hold olives, it can become impure by touching but does not make things opposite it impure through the air. The bottom of a pointed vessel and the bottom of Sidonian cups, even though they cannot rest without support, they are impure because they were made this way.

כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ שָׁלֹשׁ שְׂפָיוֹת, הַפְּנִימִית עוֹדֶפֶת, הַכֹּל טָהוֹר. הַחִיצוֹנָה עוֹדֶפֶת, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. הָאֶמְצָעִית עוֹדֶפֶת, מִמֶּנָּה וְלִפְנִים, טָמֵא. מִמֶּנָּה וְלַחוּץ, טָהוֹר. הָיוּ שָׁווֹת, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, חוֹלְקִין הָאֶמְצָעִית. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, הַכֹּל טָהוֹר. כְּלֵי חֶרֶס, מֵאֵימָתַי מְקַבְּלִין טֻמְאָה, מִשֶּׁיִּצָּרְפוּ בַכִּבְשָׁן, וְהִיא גְמַר מְלַאכְתָּן:

An earthenware vessel that has three lips, if the inner one extends, everything is pure; if the outer one extends, everything is impure. If the middle one extends, from it to the inside is impure, and from it to the outside is pure. If they were all even, Rabbi Yehudah says the middle one is divided, but the Sages say the entire vessel is pure. When does an earthenware vessel become susceptible to impurity? When it is fired in the kiln, and this completes its work.