Keilim 16:6 - 16:7

קסייא (a sort of glove for laborers) – a leather glove.

של זורי גרנות והולכי דרכים ושל עושי פשתן טמאה – for since it is made in order to hold the thing in his hand well so that it not become detached from him, or in order that a thorn not become inserted/stuck in his hand, it is called made for reception, for since the thing that he is holding on to lies on the glove and receives it.

של גרוסות (of grist-makers) – that make pounded beans in the millstone.

מפני הזיעה – to absorb the perspiration in order to cool off his skin that he not perspire. Alternatively, the sweat of his hands will soil the thing that he is holding on to.

טהור – for it is considered temporary usage.

מלקוט (the bag – for receiving the excrements of working cattle) – leather that they place in the eyes of the cow in order that it should turn around and thresh.

החסום (muzzle) – like a kind of small net/trap of ropes that muzzle the in it the mouth of the cow in order that it cannot eat.

מדף של דבורים (vessel used for smoking the bees out) – a vessel that they place in it fire and the dung of cattle and they fumigate in order that the swarms of bees from the beehive will flee and he will take the honey. [This is] from the language of (Psalms 1:4): “[they are like the chaff] that wind blows away/אשר-תדפנו רוח.”

והמנפה (and the fan) – a vessel/utensil that they wave on the hot days to bring the wind.

קופסא (the lid of a box) – a kind of small box/chest that the woman places in it her ornaments and places upon it a cover from above.

קמטרא – a chest that they protect clothing in it. We translate in Aramaic [the Biblical phrase] (2 Kings 10:22): “[He said to the man in charge] of the wardrobe, [‘Bring out the vestments for all the worshipers of Baal]” as on the chest protecting the clothing.

והמכבש (the carpenter’s vise – for straightening wood) – [every wood carpenter/artisan] has, according his trade a place that he stores and gathers the wood that is crooked and curved until he straightens it out.

והקמרון (arched lid) – the cover that is upon the chest that is made like a kind of arched compartment.

אנליגין (reading desk/pulpit) – a leather case that they make for a Scroll and they place it inside of it.

בית הנגר (door-bolt socket) – a leather case that the carpenter puts inside of it, which is the peg that they place on the back of the door.

ובית המנעול (lock-socket)– the leather case that they place in it the lock that locks the door.

ובית המזוזה – the metal beam that they place the Mezuzah in.

והאמום של גודלי מצנפות (the block of the cap-makers) – a frame like a kind of head of a person that they prepare for him the priest’s turban.

והמרכוף (name of a musical instrument for he accompaniment of songs) – it is like a kind of wooden horse that the jesters/scoffers play with. But there are those who interpret/explain this, a wooden utensil of cedar that is made for music.

ורביעית של אליית (wailer’s musical instrument) – and “with sistrums and cymbals,”(see II Samuel 6:5) that we translate in the Aramaic: “a sistra and cymbals.”

של אליית – of the female wailers. Like (Joel 1:8): “Lament – like a maiden girt with sackcloth [for the husband of her youth!].”

וסמוכות המטה (supports/pillars of the bed) – beams that support the bed that it would not fall.

טפוס של תפילין (block on which the case of the Tefillin is shaped) – like the frame of the Tefillin.

אמום של עושי סאגוס (model/frame of dressmakers) – frame of those who make chains. That they make them on top of a model/frame, that is [on top of] a block. But Maimonides has the reading, עושי סותות/those who make dresses. It is the language of (Genesis 49:11): “His robe in blood of grapes.” And it is a wooden frame that one sews clothing upon it.

משמשי משמשיו של אדם (all accessory items of essential equipment) – as for example, the coverings of utensils/vessels and the cases of vessels, which are made to serve the utensils that human beings use.

בשעת מלאכה ושלא בשעת מלאכה – at the time when the covering services the vessel to protect what is within it, which is at the time of its service. But when there is nothing inside the vessel, that it doesn’t require a covering, it is called, not at the time of its service. But there are vessels that they always place the covering upon them whether it is full or whether it is empty, even though the covering is not attached to it, since it us generally always upon it. And this general principle of Rabbi Yossi refers to flat wooden vessels that service the vessels, but receptacles defile in every matter. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yossi.