Tractate concerning the many different types of utensils made of different materials, how they contract Tumah (ritual impurity)
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Who compiled tractate Keilim?
The last mishnah in tractate Keilim, mishnah 30:4, ends as follows:
אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, אַשְׁרַיִךְ כֵּלִים, שֶׁנִּכְנַסְתְּ בְּטֻמְאָה, וְיָצָאת בְּטָהֳרָה.
Rabbi Yose said: Happy are you Kelim; for you began with uncleanness, but you ended with…
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What does שם כלי mean?
The mishna in Keilim 3 discusses when an earthenware pot loses/regains its ability to contract tumah. Part of the discussion hinges on whether the pot has lost its status as a utensil (שם כלי).
According to mishna 3:1, if a pot used for food has a…
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