Commentaire sur Kéilim 22:8
שִׁדָּה שֶׁנִּטַּל הָעֶלְיוֹן, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי הַתַּחְתּוֹן. נִטַּל הַתַּחְתּוֹן, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי הָעֶלְיוֹן. נִטַּל הָעֶלְיוֹן וְהַתַּחְתּוֹן, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מְטַמֵּא מִפְּנֵי הַדַּפִּין, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. יְשִׁיבַת הַסַּתָּת, טָמֵא מִדְרָס:
Un coffre dont la partie supérieure a été enlevée est encore sensible aux impuretés à cause de son fond; si son fond a été enlevé, il est encore sensible aux impuretés à cause de sa partie supérieure. Si la partie supérieure et la partie inférieure ont été enlevées: le rabbin Yehudah dit qu'il est sensible à l'impureté à cause de ses côtés; mais les Sages déclarent qu'il est pur. Le siège d'un tailleur de pierre est sujet à l' impureté midras [transmise en position assise ou couchée].
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
שידה (chest, strong box) – made like a kind of ark. And we are speaking of a chest that does not hold forty Se’ah, which is susceptible to receive ritual impurity.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
A chest whose top part was removed is still susceptible to uncleanness on account of its bottom; If its bottom was removed it is still susceptible to uncleanness on account of its top part. The type of chest referred to here seems to contain some drawers. If the top part is removed, the whole chest is still susceptible to impurity on account of the bottom part. Similarly, if the bottom part is removed, the whole chest is susceptible to impurity on account of the top part.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
שניטל העליון – the covering that is over it.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If both the top part and the bottom part were removed: Rabbi Judah says that it is susceptible to uncleanness on account of its sides, But the sages rule that it is clean. According to Rabbi Judah, if both the bottom and top part are removed, the chest is still susceptible to impurity on account of its sides. However, the sages rule that such a chest is no longer usable and is therefore clean.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
התחתון – its rim.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
A stonecutter's seat is subject to midras uncleanness. A stonecutter's seat is a temporary seat that a stonecutter will fashion for him to use while performing his work. The seat is considered to be a real seat and is therefore susceptible to midras impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
ניטל העליון והתחתון – but the planks that are on the sides remained.
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וחכמים מטהרין – And the Halakha is according to the Sages.
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הסתת (stone-cutter, chiseler) – who cuts/chisels stones. And he prepares for him a place to sit on one end of the stone when he is cutting/chiseling the other end.
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