Some things bring forth uncleanness and [also] a protect [against it]; [Some things] bring forth uncleanness but do not protect against it; [Some things] protect but do not bring forth; [Some things] do not bring forth nor do they protect. The following bring forth and protect against [impurity]: A chest, a box, a cupboard, a beehive of straw, a beehive of reeds, or the water-tank of an Alexandrian ship, such of which [objects] have [flat] bottoms and can contain [at least] forty seahs liquid measure or two kors dry measure. [Also] a curtain, a leather apron, a leather bedspread, a sheet, a matting underlay or a mat when made into tents. A herd of cattle, unclean or clean, packs of wild animals or birds, a resting bird, a [shady] place that [a woman] makes for her son among the ears of corn; The iris, the ivy, squirting cucumber, Greek gourds and clean foodstuffs. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri did not agree with regard to clean foodstuffs except in the case of a cake of dried figs.
Projections from a wall, balconies, dovecotes, crevices and crags, grottoes, [overhanging] pinnacles, interlaced boughs and protruding stones as long as they are cable of sustaining thin plasterwork, the words of Rabbi Meir. But the sages say a medium plasterwork. What are interlaced boughs? A tree which casts shade over the ground. Protruding stones? [Stones] that project from a wall.
The following bring [impurity] but do not protect against it: A chest, a box, a cupboard, a beehive of straw, a beehive of reeds, or the water tank of an Alexandrian ship, such of which [objects] have [flat] bottoms but cannot contain forty se'ahs of liquid measure or two kors dry measure. A curtain, a leather apron, a leather undercover, a sheet, a matting underlay or a mat when not made into tents. Cattle or wild animals when they are dead, and foodstuffs that are [liable to become] unclean. In addition to these, a human-powered mill.
The following protect [against impurity] but do not bring it: A loom [with the woof] spread out, the ropes of a bed, waste baskets, and window-lattices.
The following neither bring [impurity] nor protect against it:Seeds, plants [still] attached to the ground, except for the plants mentioned above, A lump of hail, snow, frost, ice and salt. [Anything] that hops from one place to another, or leaps from one place to another, a flying bird. A loosely-flapping garment, or a ship floating [freely] on the water. If the ship were tied with something that can keep it steady, or a stone were [placed so as] to hold down the garment, it can bring uncleanness. Rabbi Yose says: a house on a ship cannot bring uncleanness.
Two [earthenware] jars in which there are two pieces of corpse the size of half an olive, sealed with tightly fitting lids, lying in a house, they remain clean, but the house becomes unclean. If one of them was opened, that [jar] and the house become unclean, but the other remains clean. And similarly with two rooms that open into a house.
יֵשׁ מְבִיאִין אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה וְחוֹצְצִין, מְבִיאִין אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה וְלֹא חוֹצְצִין, חוֹצְצִין וְלֹא מְבִיאִין, לֹא מְבִיאִין וְלֹא חוֹצְצִין. אֵלּוּ מְבִיאִין וְחוֹצְצִין, הַשִּׁדָּה וְהַתֵּבָה וְהַמִּגְדָּל, כַּוֶּרֶת הַקַּשׁ, כַּוֶּרֶת הַקָּנִים, וּבוֹר סְפִינָה אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִית, שֶׁיֶּשׁ לָהֶן שׁוּלַיִם וְהֵן מַחֲזִיקִים אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה בְלַח, שֶׁהֵם כּוֹרַיִם בְּיָבֵשׁ. וִירִיעָה, וּסְקוֹרְטְיָא, וּקְטָבֹלְיָא, וְסָדִין, וּמַפָּץ, וּמַחֲצֶלֶת, שֶׁהֵן עֲשׂוּיִין אֹהָלִים, וְעֵדֶר בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה וּטְהוֹרָה, וּמְכוֹנוֹת חַיָּה וָעוֹף, וְהָעוֹף שֶׁשָּׁכַן, וְהָעוֹשֶׂה מָקוֹם לְבֵנָה בַּשִּׁבֳּלִים, הָאֵירוּס וְהַקִּסּוֹם, וְיַרְקוֹת חֲמוֹר, וּדְלַעַת יְוָנִית, וְאֳכָלִים טְהוֹרִים. רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי לֹא הָיָה מוֹדֶה בְּאֳכָלִים טְהוֹרִין, חוּץ מִן הָעִגּוּל שֶׁל דְּבֵלָה:
Some things bring forth uncleanness and [also] a protect [against it]; [Some things] bring forth uncleanness but do not protect against it; [Some things] protect but do not bring forth; [Some things] do not bring forth nor do they protect. The following bring forth and protect against [impurity]: A chest, a box, a cupboard, a beehive of straw, a beehive of reeds, or the water-tank of an Alexandrian ship, such of which [objects] have [flat] bottoms and can contain [at least] forty seahs liquid measure or two kors dry measure. [Also] a curtain, a leather apron, a leather bedspread, a sheet, a matting underlay or a mat when made into tents. A herd of cattle, unclean or clean, packs of wild animals or birds, a resting bird, a [shady] place that [a woman] makes for her son among the ears of corn; The iris, the ivy, squirting cucumber, Greek gourds and clean foodstuffs. Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri did not agree with regard to clean foodstuffs except in the case of a cake of dried figs.
הַזִּיזִין, וְהַגִּזְרִיּוֹת, וְהַשּׁוֹבָכוֹת, וְהַשְּׁקִיפִים, וְהַסְּלָעִים, וְהַגְּהָרִים, וְהַשְּׁנָנִים, וְהַסְּכָכוֹת, וְהַפְּרָעוֹת, שֶׁהֵן יְכוֹלִים לְקַבֵּל מַעֲזִיבָה רַכָּה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, מַעֲזִיבָה בֵינוֹנִית. אֵלּוּ הֵן הַסְּכָכוֹת, אִילָן שֶׁהוּא מֵסֵךְ עַל הָאָרֶץ. וְהַפְּרָעוֹת, הַיּוֹצְאוֹת מִן הַגָּדֵר:
Projections from a wall, balconies, dovecotes, crevices and crags, grottoes, [overhanging] pinnacles, interlaced boughs and protruding stones as long as they are cable of sustaining thin plasterwork, the words of Rabbi Meir. But the sages say a medium plasterwork. What are interlaced boughs? A tree which casts shade over the ground. Protruding stones? [Stones] that project from a wall.
אֵלּוּ מְבִיאִין וְלֹא חוֹצְצִין. הַשִּׁדָּה, וְהַתֵּבָה, וְהַמִּגְדָּל, כַּוֶּרֶת הַקַּשׁ, כַּוֶּרֶת הַקָּנִים, וּבוֹר סְפִינָה אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִית, שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שׁוּלַיִם וְאֵינָן מַחֲזִיקִים אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה בְלַח, שֶׁהֵם כּוֹרַיִם בְּיָבֵשׁ. וִירִיעָה, וּסְקוֹרְטְיָא, וּקְטָבֹלְיָא, וְסָדִין, וּמַפָּץ, וּמַחֲצֶלֶת, שֶׁאֵין עֲשׂוּיִין אֹהָלִים, וּבְהֵמָה וְחַיָּה שֶׁמֵּתוּ, וְאֳכָלִים טְמֵאִים. מוּסָף עֲלֵיהֶם, הָרֵחַיִם שֶׁל אָדָם:
The following bring [impurity] but do not protect against it: A chest, a box, a cupboard, a beehive of straw, a beehive of reeds, or the water tank of an Alexandrian ship, such of which [objects] have [flat] bottoms but cannot contain forty se'ahs of liquid measure or two kors dry measure. A curtain, a leather apron, a leather undercover, a sheet, a matting underlay or a mat when not made into tents. Cattle or wild animals when they are dead, and foodstuffs that are [liable to become] unclean. In addition to these, a human-powered mill.
אֵלּוּ חוֹצְצִים וְלֹא מְבִיאִין. מַסֶּכֶת פְּרוּסָה, וַחֲבִילֵי הַמִּטָּה, וְהַמִּשְׁפָּלוֹת וְהַסְּרִיגוֹת שֶׁבַּחֲלוֹנוֹת:
The following protect [against impurity] but do not bring it: A loom [with the woof] spread out, the ropes of a bed, waste baskets, and window-lattices.
אֵלּוּ לֹא מְבִיאִין וְלֹא חוֹצְצִין. הַזְּרָעִים וְהַיְרָקוֹת הַמְחֻבָּרִים לַקַּרְקַע, חוּץ מִן הַיְרָקוֹת שֶׁמָּנוּ, וְכִפַּת הַבָּרָד, וְהַשֶּׁלֶג, וְהַכְּפוֹר, וְהַגְּלִיד, וְהַמֶּלַח, וְהַדּוֹלֵג מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, וְהַקּוֹפֵץ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, וְהָעוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ, וְטַלִּית הַמְנַפְנֶפֶת, וּסְפִינָה שֶׁהִיא שָׁטָה עַל פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. קָשַׁר אֶת הַסְּפִינָה בְּדָבָר שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְהַעֲמִידָהּ, כָּבַשׁ אֶת הָאֶבֶן עַל גַּבֵּי הַטַּלִּית, מְבִיאָה אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, הַבַּיִת שֶׁבַּסְּפִינָה אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה:
The following neither bring [impurity] nor protect against it:Seeds, plants [still] attached to the ground, except for the plants mentioned above, A lump of hail, snow, frost, ice and salt. [Anything] that hops from one place to another, or leaps from one place to another, a flying bird. A loosely-flapping garment, or a ship floating [freely] on the water. If the ship were tied with something that can keep it steady, or a stone were [placed so as] to hold down the garment, it can bring uncleanness. Rabbi Yose says: a house on a ship cannot bring uncleanness.
שְׁתֵּי חָבִיּוֹת וּבָהֶן כִּשְׁנֵי חֲצָיֵי זֵיתִים, מֻקָּפוֹת צָמִיד פָּתִיל וּמֻנָּחוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, הֵן טְהוֹרוֹת, וְהַבַּיִת טָמֵא. נִפְתְּחָה אַחַת מֵהֶן, הִיא וְהַבַּיִת טְמֵאִים וַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ טְהוֹרָה. וְכֵן שְׁנֵי חֲדָרִים שֶׁהֵן פְּתוּחִין לַבָּיִת:
Two [earthenware] jars in which there are two pieces of corpse the size of half an olive, sealed with tightly fitting lids, lying in a house, they remain clean, but the house becomes unclean. If one of them was opened, that [jar] and the house become unclean, but the other remains clean. And similarly with two rooms that open into a house.