Keilim 17:2 - 17:3

פקעיות של שתי (measured by ordinary size of warp/longitudinal clews) – the yarn of the warp/longitudinal clews is thinner than that of the latitudinal ones, as is found in [Tractate] Ketubot 64b, in Chapter [Five]"אף על פי" /Even though. And the longitudinal/warp clews are smaller than the latitudinal/woof clews. And the explanation of פקעיות is GLOMARI in the foreign tongue. Alternatively, MATASI in the foreign tongue.

אע"פ שמקבלת של ערב טמאה – this is what he said: But even though it does not receive warp clews, if it receives woof clews, it is ritually unclean. That its measure is the removal of the woof, which is larger than removing the warp. And similarly, even though it holds trays, it is ritually impure, that is to say, even though the incision is large and it doesn’t hold/receive the dishes, if it holds/receives the trays which are larger than the dishes, it is still called worthy of its first usage and is ritually impure.

אע"פ שמקבל את הרעי – even though it (i.e., a night chamber/chamber pot) [which is too defective] does not receive/retain the liquids, if it retains solid excrement, like the chamber pot/night chamber, it is ritually impure. The digestive organ, like the night chamber/chamber pot. A vessel that one eases oneself in and it has excrement and urine in it.

מפני שאין מקיימין אותו – is our reading (“because they do not keep it”). But there are those who have the reading of “because they keep it.” But it refers to the matter of the first Tanna/teacher, who stated, that if it keeps the woof and the trays and the digestive organ is ritually impure, because they keep it and protect it, since it is appropriate for this. But the Halakha is not according to Rabban Gamaliel.

שיעורן בככרות של פת – the measure of their breakage through the removal of loaves of bread.

אפיפיירות (frames for hangings – to which reeds were fastened from the bottom upwards – crosswise – for support) – a woven utensil made from reeds or vine-shoots.

שעשה לה קנים מלמטה למעלה – that their borders/rims were opened and they brought in reeds from the bottom to the top to strength the rims at the bottom of the vessel.

גפים (handles) – that they attached as a rim. [It is] the Aramaic translation of ויחבק/and he embraced and throw arms around. Another explanation: arms/handles – that he made for them handles.

אם אינה יכולה לינטל גפים – that when he holds the handles, the vessel does not go up with him (and it is not susceptible to receiving ritual defilement).