Keilim 11:5 - 11:6

עקרב של פרומביא (bit of the halter/bridle) – reins and the bridle and the halter are one thing. And the iron that enters in the mouth of the animal is called the עקרב/bit.

ולחיים (the cheeks) – that are attached to the bit like two embroidered foils, one from here and one from there on the cheeks of the animal that are made for beauty. And they are pure when they are on their own, for they are the decorations of the animal, and the decorations of the animal are not susceptible to receive defilement.

פיקה (whorl/spindle knob) – like a small ball that is perforated in the middle that women place at the top of the spindle when they spin with it in order that it becomes heavy.

רבי עקיבא מטמא – for it is a metal vessel that has a designation/name of its own, and it is ritually impure, as it is taught in the Mishnah at the beginning of the chapter (Tractate Kelim, Chapter 11, Mishnah 2).

וחכמים מטהרין – that it doesn’t have a designation/name of its own but rather an epithet, a spindle knob of reed used as a spindle, or a spindle knob of a that same thing that it uses. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.

ומצפה (and if it is overlaid) – if it was of wood and it is overlaid with metal, it is ritually impure.

טהורה – that after the essence we follow, but not after the covering/overlaying which is of metal which is ritually impure.

כוש – a spindle that the women spin on.

והמקל (and the staff) – of metal which is rituall impure, for since a person chastises the animal with it, it is considered like a vessel that is made for the use by a person.

סמפוניא (a wind instrument) – a kind of musical instrument, as it is written in Daniel (3:5): "פסנתרין סומפניה [וכל הני זמרא]"/”psaltery, bagpipe, [and all other types of instruments].”

וחליל – even it is a kind of musical instrument, and it is hollowed out and its sound is heard from a [great] distance.

ומצופין אהורים – if it is of wood and is overlaid with ritually impure copper, it is [considered] ritually pure. For we follow after the essence of the vessel which is of wood. And if it has a receptacle, it is not considered, even though it is hollow, since it is not made for the receptacle. ‘

אם יש לה בית קיבול כפנים (if it has a receptacle for the wings [= bags of the bagpipe]) – small thin vessels in the image of wings, which we put into the wind instrument (i.e., bagpipe), that assist in projecting the sound of the music, if they made it within the place of the receptacle of these wings (i.e., the bags of the bagpipe), it is considered a receptacle.

ובין כך ובין כך – whether it is overlaid or whether it is not overlaid, it is ritually impure.