## Mishnah Kelim Chapter 22

###### Mishnah Kelim 22:1
[Mishnah Kelim 22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:1)

הַשֻּׁלְחָן וְהַדְּלֻפְקִי שֶׁנִּפְחֲתוּ, אוֹ שֶׁחִפָּן בְּשַׁיִשׁ וְשִׁיֵּר בָּהֶם מְקוֹם הַנָּחַת הַכּוֹסוֹת, טְמֵאִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מְקוֹם הַנָּחַת חֲתִיכוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If a table or a side-board was damaged, or he covered them with marble but room was left for cups to be set, it is susceptible to impurity. Rabbi Yehudah ruled: [if he left] room enough for pieces of food.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:2
[Mishnah Kelim 22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:2)

הַשֻּׁלְחָן שֶׁנִּטְּלָה אַחַת מֵרַגְלָיו, טָהוֹר. נִטְּלָה שְׁנִיָּה, טָהוֹר. נִטְּלָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית, טָמֵא כְּשֶׁיַּחְשֹׁב עָלָיו. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אֵין צָרִיךְ מַחֲשָׁבָה. וְכֵן הַדְּלֻפְקִי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A table one of whose legs was removed is not susceptible to impurity. If a second leg was removed it is still pure. But if a third was removed it becomes susceptible to impurity when the owner has the intention of using it. Rabbi Yose says: no intention is necessary. The same applies also to the side-board.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:3
[Mishnah Kelim 22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:3)

סַפְסָל שֶׁנִּטַּל אַחַד מֵרָאשָׁיו, טָהוֹר. נִטַּל הַשֵּׁנִי, טָהוֹר. אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ גֹבַהּ טֶפַח, טָמֵא. שְׁרַפְרַף שֶׁנִּטַּל אַחַד מֵרָאשָׁיו, טָמֵא. וְכֵן הַכִּסֵּא שֶׁלִּפְנֵי קַתֶּדְרָא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A bench, one of whose legs was removed, is not susceptible to impurity. If its second leg also was removed it is still pure. If it was one *tefach* [handbreadth] high, it is impure. A footstool, one of whose legs was removed, is impure. The same applies to the chair in front of a cathedra.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:4
[Mishnah Kelim 22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:4)

כִּסֵּא שֶׁל כַּלָּה שֶׁנִּטְּלוּ חִפּוּיָו, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי מְטַמְּאִין, וּבֵית הִלֵּל מְטַהֲרִין. שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, אַף מַלְבֵּן שֶׁל כִּסֵּא, טָמֵא. כִּסֵּא שֶׁקְּבָעוֹ בַעֲרֵבָה, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי מְטַמְּאִין, וּבֵית הִלֵּל מְטַהֲרִין. שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, אַף הֶעָשׂוּי בָּהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A bridal chair whose seat has been removed: Beit Shammai rules that it still susceptible to impurity, and Bet Hillel rules that it is not susceptible. Shammai rules: even the frame of the chair is susceptible to impurity. A stool which was fixed to a kneading-trough - Beit Shammai rules that it susceptible to impurity, and Beit Hillel rules that it is pure. Shammai rules: even one made [in this way originally] is susceptible to impurity.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:5
[Mishnah Kelim 22:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:5)

כִּסֵּא שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ חִפּוּיָו יוֹצְאִין, וְנִטְּלוּ, טָמֵא, שֶׁכֵּן דַּרְכּוֹ לִהְיוֹת מַטֵּהוּ עַל צִדּוֹ וְיוֹשֵׁב עָלָיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A chair whose seat boards did not project, and then were removed, is still susceptible to impurity, for it is usual to turn it on its side and to sit on it.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:6
[Mishnah Kelim 22:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:6)

כִּסֵּא שֶׁנִּטַּל חִפּוּיוֹ הָאֶמְצָעִי וְהַחִיצוֹנִים קַיָּמִים, טָמֵא. נִטְּלוּ הַחִיצוֹנִים וְהָאֶמְצָעִי קַיָּם, טָמֵא. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אִם הָיָה רָחָב טָפַח:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A chair whose middle seat board was removed, but the outer ones remained, is still susceptible to impurity. If the outer ones were removed and the middle seat board remained, it is also susceptible to impurity. Rabbi Shimon says: only if it was a *tefach* wide.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:7
[Mishnah Kelim 22:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:7)

כִּסֵּא שֶׁנִּטְּלוּ שְׁנַיִם מֵחִפּוּיָו זֶה בְצַד זֶה, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, אַף כִּסֵּא שֶׁל כַּלָּה שֶׁנִּטְּלוּ חִפּוּיָו וְנִשְׁתַּיֵּר בּוֹ בֵית קַבָּלָה, טָהוֹר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁבָּטַל הָעִקָּר וּבָטְלָה הַטְּפֵלָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A chair from which two adjoining seat boards were removed - Rabbi Akiva says: it is susceptible to impurity; and the Sages say that it is pure. Rabbi Yehudah said: so too the seat boards of a bride's chair which were removed and a receptacle remained - it is clean, because when the primary function is annulled, the secondary one is also annulled.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:8
[Mishnah Kelim 22:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/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:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A chest whose top part was removed is still susceptible to impurity on account of its bottom; if its bottom was removed, it is still susceptible to impurity on account of its top part. If both the top part and the bottom part were removed: Rabbi Yehudah says that it is susceptible to impurity on account of its sides; but the Sages rule that it is pure. A stonecutter's seat is subject to *midras* impurity [transmitted by sitting or lying].


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:9
[Mishnah Kelim 22:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:9)

כֹּפֶת שֶׁסֵּרְקוֹ, וְכִרְכְּמוֹ, וַעֲשָׂאוֹ פָנִים, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא. וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין, עַד שֶׁיָּחֹק בּוֹ. הַסַּל וְהַכַּלְכָּלָה שֶׁמִּלְאָן תֶּבֶן אוֹ מוֹכִין, הִתְקִינָן לִישִׁיבָה, טְהוֹרִין. סֵרְגָן בְּגֶמִי אוֹ בִמְשִׁיחָה, טְמֵאִין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A [wooden] block which was painted red or saffron, or was polished: Rabbi Akiva says that it is susceptible to impurity, but the Sages say that it remains pure until he carves out [a seat]. A small basket or a large one that was filled with straw or other soft material, [even] if he set it up to be a seat, remains pure. But if he plaited it over with reed-grass or with a cord, it becomes susceptible to impurity.


###### Mishnah Kelim 22:10
[Mishnah Kelim 22:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Kelim/r/22:10)

הָאַסְלָה, טְמֵאָה מִדְרָס וּטְמֵא מֵת. פֵּרְשָׁה, הָעוֹר טָמֵא מִדְרָס, וְהַבַּרְזֶל טָמֵא טְמֵא מֵת. הַטְּרַסְקָל שֶׁחִפּוּיוֹ שֶׁל עוֹר, טָמֵא מִדְרָס וּטְמֵא מֵת. פֵּרְשָׁה, הָעוֹר טָמֵא מִדְרָס, וְהַטְּרַסְקָל טָהוֹר מִכְּלוּם. סַפְסָלִין שֶׁבַּמֶּרְחָץ וּשְׁתֵּי רַגְלָיו שֶׁל עֵץ, טָמֵא. אַחַת שֶׁל עֵץ וְאַחַת שֶׁל אֶבֶן, טָהוֹר. הַנְּסָרִין שֶׁבַּמֶּרְחָץ שֶׁשִּׁגְּמָן, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין, שֶׁאֵינָם עֲשׂוּיִן אֶלָּא שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הַמַּיִם מְהַלְּכִין תַּחְתֵּיהֶן. קַנְקֵילִין שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ בֵּית קַבָּלַת כְּסוּת, טְמֵאָה. וְהָעֲשׂוּיָה כְּכַוֶּרֶת, טְהוֹרָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A toilet is subject to both *midras* and corpse impurity. If it was taken apart, the leather is subject to *midras* impurity, but the iron is subject [only] to corpse impurity. A folding stool whose seat covering is of leather is subject to both *midras* and corpse impurity. If it was taken apart, the leather is subject to *midras* impurity, while the stool is altogether pure. Benches in the bathhouse that have two wooden legs are susceptible to impurity. If one leg was of wood and the other of stone, it is pure. Boards in a bath-house which he joined together: Rabbi Akiva says that they are susceptible to [midras] impurity; but the Sages say that they are pure, since they are made only for the water to flow under them. A fumigation-cage that contains a receptacle for garments is susceptible to impurity, but one that is made like a bee-hive is pure.