כלים כ״חKelim 28

Mishnah 1א׳

שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ שֶׁנְּתָנָהּ בְּכַדּוּר, אוֹ שֶׁעֲשָׂאָהּ כַּדּוּר בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָהּ, טְהוֹרָה. אֲבָל שְׁלֹשָׁה עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה שֶׁנְּתָנוֹ בְכַדּוּר, טָמֵא. עֲשָׂאוֹ כַדּוּר בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, טָהוֹר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַתֶּפֶר מְמַעֲטוֹ:

A [piece of cloth] three by three [fingerbreadths] which was stuffed into a ball, or was itself made into a ball, is pure. But a [piece of cloth] three by three [handbreadths] which was stuffed into a ball is [susceptible to being rendered] impure. If it was itself made it into a ball, it is pure, because the sewing diminishes it.

Mishnah 2ב׳

פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה שֶׁהִתְקִינוֹ לָפוֹק בּוֹ אֶת הַמֶּרְחָץ, לְנַעֵר בּוֹ אֶת הַקְּדֵרָה, לְקַנֵּחַ בּוֹ אֶת הָרֵחַיִם, בֵּין מוּכָן בֵּין שֶׁאֵינוֹ מוּכָן, טָמֵא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, בֵּין מִן הַמּוּכָן, בֵּין שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִן הַמּוּכָן, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, מִן הַמּוּכָן, טָמֵא. שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִן הַמּוּכָן, טָהוֹר:

Regarding a [piece of cloth] less than three by three [handbreadths] which one adapted for plugging bathhouse with it, for emptying a cooking-pot with it [by using it on a handle to protect from the heat], or for wiping the mill stones with it, whether or not it is [set aside and] ready for such use, is [susceptible to being rendered] impure, according to Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yehoshua says: whether or not it is ready for such use, it is pure. Rabbi Akiva says: if it is ready, it is [susceptible to being rendered] impure; and if it is not ready, it is pure.