Comentario sobre Keilim 19:8
הַתּוּרְמֵל שֶׁנִּפְחֲתָה כִּיס שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ, טָמֵא, וְאֵינוֹ חִבּוּר לוֹ. הַחֵמֶת שֶׁבֵּיצִים שֶׁלָּהּ מְקַבְּלוֹת עִמָּהּ, וְנִפְחֲתוּ, טְהוֹרוֹת, שֶׁאֵינָם מְקַבְּלוֹת כְּדַרְכָּן:
Una bolsa de pastor cuyo bolsillo estaba dañado, [el bolsillo] dentro de él retiene su impureza y [el conjunto de bolsas dentro] no se considera conectado a él. Si un vaso de piel tiene sacos escrotales que también sirven como receptáculos y se dañaron, se vuelven puros, ya que ya no cumplirán su propósito original.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
התורמל (bag – the inside pocket of which has become defective) -a large leather pocket that the shepherd puts his belongings into, and within the bag, there are small pockets like the drawers in a box.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Introduction
Just a warning this mishnah might make you chuckle a bit.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
חמת (bottle – of a skin of a he-goat/wether) – leather skin or bottle.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If a shepherd's bag was damaged, the pocket within it retains its uncleanness and is not regarded as a connected to it. A shepherd's bag which is made of leather has pockets in it to store things. If the bag is damaged, the larger bag is pure, but the smaller pockets retain their impurity because they are still usable.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
שהביצים שלה מקבלות עמה when they flay/shed the skin of the male rams and wethers/he-goats, there remains the leather that is in place of the genitals/testicles, like a small pocket, but if they were damaged, they are ritually pure, for their receptacle has been nullified.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
A skin whose testicle bags serve also as receptacles and they were damaged, they become clean, since they will no longer serve their original purpose. Evidently, they would make skins for holding wine that would also have pouches made from the testicles of the animal. They would do this by skinning the animal complete from head to legs. This would leave the testicles intact and usable for storing liquids. If the testicle bags are damaged they become clean because they can't be used to store liquids, which is the normal way in which they are used. Even if they can still be used for some other purpose, since they can't be used in their normal way, they are clean. I bet you wish you had a bag like this. It would definitely be the talk of the town!
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