## Mishnah Kelim Chapter 15

###### Mishnah Kelim 15:1
[Mishnah Kelim 15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/15:1)

כְּלֵי עֵץ, כְּלֵי עוֹר, כְּלֵי עֶצֶם, כְּלֵי זְכוּכִית, פְּשׁוּטֵיהֶן טְהוֹרִין, וּמְקַבְּלֵיהֶן טְמֵאִים. נִשְׁבְּרוּ, טָהָרוּ. חָזַר וְעָשָׂה מֵהֶן כֵּלִים, מְקַבְּלִין טֻמְאָה מִכָּאן וּלְהַבָּא. הַשִּׁדָּה, וְהַתֵּבָה, וְהַמִּגְדָּל, כַּוֶּרֶת הַקַּשׁ, וְכַוֶּרֶת הַקָּנִים, וּבוֹר סְפִינָה אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִית, שֶׁיֶּשׁ לָהֶם שׁוּלַיִם, וְהֵן מַחֲזִיקִין אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה בְלַח, שֶׁהֵם כּוֹרַיִם בְּיָבֵשׁ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְהוֹרִין. וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַכֵּלִים, בֵּין מְקַבְּלִין, בֵּין אֵינָם מְקַבְּלִין, טְמֵאִין, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, דַּרְדּוּר עֲגָלָה, וְקֻסְטוֹת הַמְּלָכִים, וַעֲרֵבַת הָעַבְּדָנִין, וּבוֹר סְפִינָה קְטַנָּה, וְהָאָרוֹן, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמְּקַבְּלִין, טְמֵאִין, שֶׁאֵינָן עֲשׂוּיִן לִטַּלְטֵל אֶלָּא בְמַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָן. וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַכֵּלִים, הַמְּקַבְּלִים, טְהוֹרִין, וְשֶׁאֵינָן מְקַבְּלִין, טְמֵאִין. אֵין בֵּין דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר לְדִבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אֶלָּא עֲרֵבַת בַּעַל הַבָּיִת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Wooden vessels, leather vessels, bone vessels or glass vessels: those that are simple are clean and those that have a receptacle are susceptible to impurity. If they are broken they become pure again. If he remade them into vessels they are susceptible to impurity from that point on. A chest, a box, a cupboard, a straw basket, a reed basket, or the tank of an Alexandrian ship, that have flat bottoms and can hold a minimum of forty *se'ah* in liquid measure, which is equivalent to two *kor* in dry measure, are pure. All other vessels, whether they can contain the minimum or cannot contain it, are susceptible to impurity: the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehudah says: the large barrel [fixed to] a wagon, the food chests of kings, the tanners trough, the tank of a small ship, and an ark, even though they are able to contain [the minimum], are susceptible to impurity, since they were made to be moved around only with their contents. As to all other vessels, those that can contain [the minimum] are pure and those that cannot contain it are susceptible to impurity. There is no difference between Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Yehudah except a baking trough which belongs to a householder.


###### Mishnah Kelim 15:2
[Mishnah Kelim 15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/15:2)

אֲרוּבוֹת שֶׁל נַחְתּוֹמִים, טְמֵאוֹת. וְשֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים, טְהוֹרוֹת. סֵרְקָן אוֹ כִרְכְּמָן, טְמֵאוֹת. דַּף שֶׁל נַחְתּוֹמִין שֶׁקְּבָעוֹ בַכֹּתֶל, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַהֵר, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַמְּאִים. סְרוֹד שֶׁל נַחְתּוֹמִין, טָמֵא. וְשֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים, טָהוֹר. גִּפְּפוֹ מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹתָיו, טָמֵא. נִפְרַץ מֵרוּחַ אַחַת, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אִם הִתְקִינוֹ לִהְיוֹת קוֹרֵץ עָלָיו, טָמֵא. וְכֵן הַמַּעֲרוֹךְ, טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Bakers’ baking-boards are susceptible to impurity, but those of householders are clean. If he dyed them red or saffron they are susceptible to impurity. A bakers’ shelf which was fixed to a wall: Rabbi Eliezer rules that it is pure, and the Sages rule that it is susceptible to impurity. The bakers' frame is susceptible to impurity but one used by a householder is pure. If he made a rim for it on four sides it is susceptible to impurity. If one side was opened it is pure. Rabbi Shimon says: if he fixed it so that he could cut dough on it, it is susceptible to impurity. Similarly, a rolling-pin is susceptible to impurity.


###### Mishnah Kelim 15:3
[Mishnah Kelim 15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/15:3)

יַם נָפָה שֶׁל סִלָּתִין, טָמֵא. וְשֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף שֶׁל גּוֹדֶלֶת טָמֵא מוֹשָׁב, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַבָּנוֹת יוֹשְׁבוֹת בְּתוֹכוֹ וְגוֹדְלוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The container of the flour-dealers’ sifter is susceptible to impurity, but the one of a householder is pure. Rabbi Yehudah says: also one that is used by a hair braider is susceptible to seat impurity, since girls sit in it and have their hair braided.


###### Mishnah Kelim 15:4
[Mishnah Kelim 15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/15:4)

כָּל הַתְּלוֹיִים, טְמֵאִין, חוּץ מִתְּלוֹי נָפָה וּכְבָרָה שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כֻּלָּן טְהוֹרִין, חוּץ מִתְּלוֹי נָפָה שֶׁל סִלָּתִין, וּתְלוֹי כִּבְרַת גְּרָנוֹת, וּתְלוֹי מַגַּל יָד, וּתְלוֹי מַקֵּל הַבַּלָּשִׁין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן מְסַיְּעִין בִּשְׁעַת הַמְּלָאכָה. זֶה הַכְּלָל, הֶעָשׂוּי לְסַיֵּעַ בִּשְׁעַת מְלָאכָה, טָמֵא. הֶעָשׂוּי לִתְלוֹי, טָהוֹר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
All hangers are susceptible to impurity, except for a hanger used for a sifter or a sieve that belong to householders: the words of Rabbi Meir. But the Sages say: all hangers are clean, except for a hanger used for a sifter of flour-dealers, a hanger used for a sieve used on threshing-floors, a hanger used for a hand-sickle and a hanger for a constable's staff, since they aid when the instrument is in use. This is the general rule: [a hanger] that is made to aid when the instrument is in use is susceptible to impurity and one made only for hanging is pure.


###### Mishnah Kelim 15:5
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רַחַת שֶׁל גָּרוֹסוֹת, טְמֵאָה. שֶׁל אוֹצָרוֹת, טְהוֹרָה. שֶׁל גִּתּוֹת, טְמֵאָה. שֶׁל גְּרָנוֹת, טְהוֹרָה. זֶה הַכְּלָל, הֶעָשׂוּי לְקַבָּלָה, טָמֵא. לְכִנּוּס, טָהוֹר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The grist-dealers’ shovel is susceptible to impurity. The one used in grain stores is pure. The one used in wine-presses is susceptible to impurity. The one used on threshing- floors is clean. This is the general rule: [a shovel] that is intended to hold anything is susceptible to impurity but one intended only to gather together is pure.


###### Mishnah Kelim 15:6
[Mishnah Kelim 15:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/15:6)

נִבְלֵי הַשָּׁרָה, טְמֵאִין. וְנִבְלֵי בְנֵי לֵוִי, טְהוֹרִין. כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִין, טְמֵאִין. וּמַשְׁקֵה בֵית מַטְבְּחַיָּא, טְהוֹרִין. כָּל הַסְּפָרִים מְטַמְּאִין אֶת הַיָּדַיִם, חוּץ מִסֵּפֶר הָעֲזָרָה. הַמַּרְכּוֹף, טָהוֹר. הַבַּטְנוֹן, וְהַנִּקְטְמוֹן, וְהָאֵרוּס, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְמֵאִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הָאֵרוּס טָמֵא מוֹשָׁב, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָאַלָּיִת יוֹשֶׁבֶת עָלָיו. מְצֻדַּת הַחֻלְדָּה, טְמֵאָה. וְשֶׁל הָעַכְבָּרִין, טְהוֹרָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Ordinary harps are susceptible to impurity, but the harps of the Levites are pure. All liquids are susceptible to impurity, but the liquids in the [Temple] slaughtering house are clean. All *sefarim* [books of the Tanach written in holiness, on parchment, and used for personal or public study, or for reading aloud in public. Sometimes the intent is specifically Torah scrolls] convey impurity to the hands, except the scroll [kept in] the Temple courtyard. A wooden toy horse is clean. The belly-lute, the donkey-shaped musical instrument and the *erus* [a musical instrument used at weddings and funerals] are susceptible to impurity. Rabbi Judah says: the *erus* is susceptible to sitting impurity since the wailer sits on it. A weasel-trap is susceptible to impurity, but a [trap] for mice is pure.