Commentaire sur Kéilim 19:10

משפלת (a wicker basket carried on a pole over the shoulder) – a large basket that they carry the manure and the trash.

A dung-basket that was so damaged that it will not hold pomegranates: Rabbi Meir says is still susceptible to uncleanness, But the sages say that it is clean because if the primary function ceases the secondary one also ceases. The mishnah deals with a "dung-basket," a basket used to take out dung used for fertilizer. If the basket has a hole large enough for pomegranates to escape, then the basket then it can't be used as a dung-basket (it would make some serious mess on the floor). Rabbi Meir says that since it can still be used as a seat cushion, it is still susceptible to impurity. The other sages disagree, invoking the principle we saw in yesterday's mishnah. If something can no longer be used for its primary purpose (to carry dung) then it is no longer susceptible, even if it can be used for a secondary one.

שנפחתה מלקבל רמונים – for this is its measure to become purified, when an incision is made when removing pomegranates.

ר' מאיר מטמא – even though it is more pure than all of the other defilement things, it is impure from treading, which is appropriate for sitting.

וחכמים מטהרין – And the Halakha is according to the Sages [for when the primary purpose is annulled, the secondary purpose is annulled].