כלים ח׳Kelim 8

Mishnah 1א׳

הַתַּנּוּר שֶׁחֲצָצוֹ בִנְסָרִים אוֹ בִירִיעוֹת, נִמְצָא שֶׁרֶץ בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. כַּוֶּרֶת פְּחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ וּמְשֻׁלְשֶׁלֶת לַאֲוִיר הַתַּנּוּר, הַשֶּׁרֶץ בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַתַּנּוּר טָמֵא. הַשֶּׁרֶץ בַּתַּנּוּר, אֳכָלִין שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טְמֵאִין. וְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַהֵר. אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, אִם הִצִּילָה בְמֵת הֶחָמוּר, לֹא תַצִּיל בִּכְלִי חֶרֶס הַקַּל. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אִם הִצִּילָה בְמֵת הֶחָמוּר, שֶׁכֵּן חוֹלְקִים אֹהָלִים, תַּצִּיל בִּכְלִי חֶרֶס הַקַּל, שֶׁאֵין חוֹלְקִים כְּלִי חָרֶס:

An oven which they partitioned with boards or hangings, and in it was found a sheretz [one of a number of species of reptiles and rodents] in one compartment, the entire oven is impure. If a hive is broken and its gap stopped up with straw, and it was suspended within the air-space of an oven while a sheretz was within it [the hive], the oven becomes impure. If a sheretz was within the oven, any food within the hive becomes impure. But Rabbi Eliezer says that it is pure. Rabbi Eliezer said: If it affords protection in the case of a corpse, which is more consequential, should it not afford protection in the case of an earthenware vessel, which is less consequential? They said to him: If it affords protection in the case of a corpse, it is because tents may be divided; should it also afford protection in the case of an earthenware vessel, which may not be divided?

Mishnah 2ב׳

הָיְתָה שְׁלֵמָה, וְכֵן הַקֻּפָּה, וְכֵן הַחֵמֶת, הַשֶּׁרֶץ בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַתַּנּוּר טָהוֹר. הַשֶּׁרֶץ בַּתַּנּוּר, אֳכָלִין שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טְהוֹרִין. נִקְּבוּ, הֶעָשׂוּי לְאֳכָלִין, שִׁעוּרָן בְּזֵיתִים. הֶעָשׂוּי לְמַשְׁקִין, שִׁעוּרָן בְּמַשְׁקִים. הֶעָשׂוּי לְכָךְ וּלְכָךְ, מַטִּילִים אוֹתוֹ לְחֻמְרוֹ, בְּכוֹנֵס מַשְׁקֶה:

If the hive was complete, and so too in the case of a basket or a skin-bottle, and a sheretz was within it, the oven remains pure. If the sheretz was in the oven, any food in the hive remains pure. If a hole was made in it: A vessel that is used for food must have a hole large enough for olives to fall through. If it is used for liquids the hole must be large enough for liquids to pass through it. And if it is used for either, they place upon it the greater restriction: the hole need only be large enough for liquids to pass through it.