Shreds (or "dangling threads") from the girth and of the wrapping cloths [are impure] in any size. Shreds of under-garments -- ten fingerbreadths, and if they are interwoven (סבך (GR"A)), in any size. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, interwoven [material] ascends [from impurity] with a measure of three handbreadths, and does not ascend with a measure of three-by-three handbreadths. [If] it was wide: If it was placed on a chair and his flesh touched the chair, it is pure, and if not, it is impure. Shreds of birsin (cloaks of thick woolen material), and bartisin (Brundisian cloaks, thicker than the birsin), and familiyot (knee-breeches), and the chamiliyot (thick, coarse blankets), and white linen garments, and sagusin (coarse woolen blankets), and cushions, and bolsters: Three fingerbreadths. The cord of a plumb-line: Twelve fingerbreadths, and of carpenters, eighteen fingerbreadths, and [the size of its bag for purposes of impurity] is like that of a saddle-bag. The cord of builders and plasterers is fifty cubits. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, even that of surveyors is fifty cubits. The chain of the scales of those who weigh metal is two handbreadths, because he grabs onto it with two hands and lifts it up.

[The measure of] the handle of a knife [purposes of impurity] is a handbreadth, and the shards of a cup is a handbreadth, and the shards of a winnowing fan is two handbreadths, and the handle of an axe from its backside is three fingerbreadths, and Rabbi Yosei says, [if the handle it is less than] a handbreadth on its backside, the whole thing is pure. The handle of a large or a small plane is six handbreadths. The handle of a large or a small scraper is five. The handle of a small slaughtering-knife is five and of a large slaughtering knife is ten. The handle of a householder's trowel: Beit Shammai say, seven handbreadths, and Beit Hillel say, eight handbreadths. Of plasterers, Beit Shammai say, nine, and Beit Hillel say, ten. More than that, it is not [considered] joined [to the trowel], either for impurity or for sprinkling. When do these words apply? When he does not intend to cut [the beam] with it, but when he does intend to cut [the beam] with it, it is [considered] joined for impurity, but not joined for sprinkling, the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yosei say, not even for impurity. Said Rabbi Yosei: I said one thing, and they said one thing. I said to them, "Do you not concede to me regarding the cord of builders and of plasterers, [that its maximum measure for impurity is] five cubits, so that if one wants to maintain [a handle] larger than this, he will be pure?" And they said to me, "Do you not concede to us regarding the shreds of a sheet and of a head-scarf, and of a weaver, and of a felt cap, [that their minimum measure for impurity is] six fingerbreadths, and of a nightgown, ten, so that if he wants to maintain larger than this, that he would be impure?" And I prefer my words to their words, for I respond to them [with a proof] from something that is joined for impurity and for sprinkling, about something that is joined for impurity and for sprinkling. And they respond to me [by attempting a proof] from something that that is joined for impurity and for sprinkling, about something that they concede is not joined for sprinkling. All those [implements] that they mentioned [in regards to the] "projection of the handle" (Kel. 29:5): The handle is in front of them. That which one is accustomed to grasp in one hand, such as the handle of an axe, [the measure is] a handbreadth, and that which one is accustomed to grasp with two hands, such as the handle of a trowel, [the measure is] two handbreadths.

[The laws of impurity regarding] glass vessels derive from rabbinic enactments. The simple ones (i.e., lacking a receptacle) are pure and those with a receptacle are impure. A chest and an ark and a cupboard of glass that come oversized are pure, and [as to] the remainder of all the glass vessels, even if they come oversized, they are impure. And this is a stringency with glass vessels over wooden vessels. Glass vessels do not receive impurity until their manufacture is complete, and Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, as soon as they are taken out of their molds. A [glass] serving tray that was made into a looking-mirror, even though it can be used [for its original purpose], it is pure. [If] it was impure and it was made into a looking-mirror, it is impure until it is affixed [to the window-frame] with a nail. A tarvad (a spoon that is pointed on top and curved at the end) of metal: Whether it has a handle or whether it does not have a handle, whether it can hold a small amount [of liquid] or whether it cannot hold [even] a small amount [of liquid], it is impure. And of wood or of bone or of glass: If it can hold a small amount [of liquid], it is impure. [With respect] to those that cannot hold [even] a small amount [of liquid], but rather are used for stirring and pouring, Rabbi Akiva renders them impure and Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri renders them pure.

A stone cup that was punctured, that one dripped [molten] lead inside (i.e., to fill the hole): Rabbi Yosei says in the name of Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri, it is impure on account of [the laws of] metal vessels. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, Yehuda ben Shammua used to declare it impure in the name of Rabbi Meir. A glass jug whose bottom rim was removed: If it can sit in its normal manner, Rebbi renders it impure and the Sages render it pure, and if from the start they made it rimmed, all agree that it is impure. A cup and a small flask that were punctured, either from above or from below, are pure. A serving tray and a platter that were punctured from above are impure; from below, they are pure. [If] they cracked: If they can hold hot [liquids] as well as cold [without the liquids leaking out], they are impure, and if not, they are pure. Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok says, cups from Sidon [that are manufactured] in pieces are pure because [their rough edges] lacerate the lips, and the Sages render them impure. An oil flask or a wine flask whose mouth was removed: [If] it was removed with one hand, it is impure, and if with two hands it is pure. A glass lantern that has a receptacle for oil is impure. A receptacle for a candle, it is pure. And it only can be defiled by that which services the needs [of the receptacle]. A bed and a chair and a bench and a catedra and a kneading trough of glass, and all [vessels otherwise susceptible to] midras-impurity, are pure if made from glass*. A penknife, and a reed pen, and a plumb-line, and weights, and amidin*, and a measuring rod, and a measuring-table of glass are [all] pure.