מסכת כלים פרק יא משנה ה | |
עקרב של פרומביה |
The bit of a bridle (a bridle is the headgear used to control a horse, consisting of straps to which the reins and a bit, the metal piece that goes into the animal's mouth, are attached) |
טמאה |
is tamei (as it is a utensil with its own name). |
ולחיים טהורים |
and the cheek-pieces (decorative metal pieces attached to the bridle near the animal's jaw) are tahor (because they are merely an animal's adornment); |
רבי אליעזר מטמא בלחיים |
Rabbi Eliezer rules the cheek-pieces to be tamei (as they are only ever meant to be used when attached to the bridle, in which case we will see they are tamei) ; |
וחכמים אומרים |
and the Sages say |
אין טמא אלא עקרב |
nothing is tamei (when not attached to the bridle) except for the bit, |
ובשעת חבורן |
and when attached, |
הכל טמא |
everything is tamei. (as being a part of a utensil that is tamei, namely the bridle). |
פרק יא משנה ו |
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פיקה של מתכת | A whorl of metal (this was a wheel shaped weight used with a spindle for spinning thread), |
רבי עקיבה מטמא | Rabbi Akiva rules is tamei (even when not attached to the spindle, as he holds it is a utensil with its own name) |
וחכמים מטהרין | and the Sages rule is tahor; |
ומצפה טהורה |
and a plated whorl is tahor (if the metal plating came from a source of metal that is considered tamei). |
הכוש | The spindle, |
והאימה | and the distaff (a stick or spindle onto which raw wool or flax is wound for spinning), |
והמקל | and the rod (used to strike an animal), |
וסמפוניה | and a symponia (a wind instrument), |
וחליל | and a flute, |
של מתכת טמאין | when made of metal are tamei, |
ומצפין טהורים | and if (made of wood and) plated (with metal from from a source of metal that is considered tamei) are tahor. |
סימפוניה | A symponia, |
אם יש בה | if it has in it |
בית קבול כנפים | receptacles for wings (this refers to slots for valves that were inserted into this instrument) |
בין כך ובין כך | either way (whether plated or not, and even if made of wood) |
טמאה | is tamei. |
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