Any wooden utensil that broke into two parts is tahor, except for a folding table, a variety platter, and the folding bench of a householder. R’ Yehudah says: Also, the mageis and the Babylonian kod are the same as they. At what point do wooden utensils [become susceptible to] contracting tumah? A bed and a cradle [become tamei] when one smooths them with the skin of a fish. If he decided not to smooth them, they are tamei [right away]. R’ Meir says: A bed [becomes tamei] from when one weaves three battim into it.

W ooden baskets [become susceptible to tumah] from when [the craftsman] secures [their rims] and trims them. But [those made] of [strips of] palm [leaves], even though he did not trim them from the inside, are tamei, since they are thus kept. A [reed] basket [becomes susceptible to tumah] when he secures [its rim] and trims it, and finishes [fashioning] its hanging cord. A case for [holding] flasks, and a case for [holding] cups, even though he did not trim them from the inside, are tamei, since they are thus kept.

Small sifters and women’s baskets [are susceptible to tumah] from when [the craftsman] secures [their rims] and trims [them]. Large baskets and large bins [are susceptible] from when he makes two coils around their circumference. The screen of a sifter, a sieve, and the pan of a balance [are susceptible to tumah] from when he makes one coil around their circumference. A basket [is susceptible] from when he attaches two rings around its circumference, and the “strap basket,” from when he attaches one ring to it.

At what point do leather utensils [become susceptible to] contracting tumah? A shepherd’s pouch, from when [the craftsman] edges [it] and trims [it] and he inserts its drawstrings. R’ Yehudah says: From when he attaches its loops. A [leather tanner’s] apron, from when he edges [it], and trims [it], and attaches its sashes. R’ Yehudah says: From when he attaches its rings. A [leather bed] spread, from when he edges it and trims it. R’ Yehudah says: From when he attaches its strings. A pillow and a mattress of leather [are susceptible] from when he fully stitches [them] and trims [them]. R’ Yehudah says: From when he sews them, and leaves over in them [a space] smaller than five handbreadths.