Vessels made of sodium carbonate (soda ash): Beit Shammai say, they impart impurity from their insides and from their cavity (the space inside the vessel), like earthenware vessels, and on their outsides are like a vessel that only requires rinsing [to regain the status of purity]. And Beit Hillel say, soda ash vessels, behold, they are like earthenware vessels in every respect. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar says a different version: Beit Shammai say, they impart impurity like a half-vessel and [also] impart impurity like a complete vessel, and Beit Hillel say, soda ash vessels, behold, they are like earthenware vessels in every respect. [Vessels* that can stand unsupported [are susceptible to impurity if they can hold] enough [liquid] to anoint the little finger of a child, up until a [vessel that originally could hold] a log; a log and anything smaller than that*". [As to vessels that originally had a capacity of] one seah up until two seahs, [they are susceptible to impurity if they presently can hold] half of a log; two seahs and anything smaller than that. From two seahs up until three and up until five seahs, [if they presently can hold] one log; five [seahs] and anything smaller than that. Rabbi Akiva says, from [broken vessels the size of] Bethlehemite jars up until large stone jars, [if they presently can hold] a log (Kel. 2:2), [and] from that [size] and upwards, a log. [However,] these words were forgotten, and they are no longer spoken. And Rabbi Nehemiah and Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [say], large stone jars, two logs. [Broken] Galilean flasks and small Judean flasks have bottoms but do not have sides. The culverts and roof-tiles in which a receptacle for [channeling] water or small stones was fashioned are impure. Login (i.e., flasks with the capacity of a log) that burst are pure; those which are sealed, behold, are impure. A chair and a bench and all [vessels otherwise susceptible to] midras-impurity are pure if made from earthenware. Rabbi Yosei says, even a boat and a [clay] bottle-stopper made by potters. Rabbi Nehemiah says, reverse the matters. A metal funnel: Whether it belongs to homeowners or spice-peddlers*, it is impure. And those made of wood or bone or glass: Of homeowners, it is pure, and of spice-peddlers, it is impure, because it is oversized, the words of Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira. And Rabbi Akiva says, because he leans it on its side and the buyer smells [the spices] with it (Kel. 2:4). The covers of wine jugs or oil jugs, and the covers of papyrus jars (Kel. 2:5) that are used casually and then discarded are pure, and if one modified them to be able to use [on a permanent basis], they are impure. The cover of a stewpot: Whenever it is perforated or has a pointed knob, it is pure; [if] it is not perforated and does not have a pointed knob, it is impure, because she strains vegetables inside of it. Rabbi Elazar b'Rabbi Tzadok says, because she turns the contents of the pot over on it. This is the general rule: Anyone who makes use of a curved earthenware vessel is pure.

A damaged jar that had cracked in a furnace (cf. Kel. 2:6), how is it measured? If its shards are flat and its insides are red, it can be assumed that it broke before the work required [to render it a finished vessel] was completed. A wooden spice box made with many compartments and without a frame is impure. [If] one of them [came in contact] with liquid, it is impure and its fellow is impure (alt., "pure" (GR"A)), and with a sheretz, all of them are impure. [If] liquids fell on top of its wider side, Rabbi Yosei says in the name of Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri, they divide its thickness (Kel. 2:7): That [side] which serves the impure [compartment] is impure, and and that which serves the pure [compartment] is pure. [If] the liquids fell on top of its outer edge, it is judged according to [the status of] its outer sides. [If] it was affixed with a nail, it becomes joined with its impurity and to its sprinkling. [If the nail] was driven into it, it becomes joined with its impurity but it does not become joined with its sprinkling. [If] it was removed and [then] replaced, it is neither joined with its impurity nor with its sprinkling.

The lattice [cover] of a tzartzur (a stone water cooler): Rabbi Eliezer says it cannot impart impurity through its airspace, and the Sages say, it does impart impurity through its airspace. If it was [able to be] used for this and for that, such as for a kavkav (an arched round vessel), and for a stewpot, and for a cooking pot, they impose upon it the stringencies [both] for receiving [impurity] and for causing impurity to issue forth upon others. [For example, it may receive impurity if it has a hole] large enough for water to seep through, but it itself is only pure [when it has a hole] through which olives can fall. Wineskins: Their minimum size [for being susceptible to impurity is an opening large enough] for liquids [to pass through], and Rabbi Shimon says, for seedlings. A damaged jar (gis'terah): Its minimum size is for liquids [to pass through, and a petikah* is a the name of a vessel that is used for pouring water, which was split in two (see Zar Zahav), behold, that is pure. A Galilean oil cruse that they use to transport oil to a bathhouse, and a stone water cooler and a wooden bowl: Before they are fired they are pure. An earthenware shard that became separated from a jar or from a cooking pot: If it can hold [liquid] of the minimum amount, it is impure, and if not, it is pure. [If] it was punctured and they covered it with pitch, it [remains] pure, for an earthenware vessel that is pure for [even] one hour will never again become impure.