[Regarding any] malbein that was placed upon tongues, R’ Meir and R’ Yehudah rule [them] tamei, [but] R’ Yose and R’ Shimon rule [them] tahor. R’ Yose says: Why is this different than the malbeins of the Levites? [These should be tahor,] for the malbeins of the Levites are tahor.

[Regarding] a bed that was tamei midras, [if] a short board is removed along with two legs, it is tamei. [If] a long board [is removed] along with two legs, it is tahor. R’ Nechemiah rules [it] tamei . If one broke off two diagonally [positioned] tongues, or he broke off two diagonally [positioned] legs ([breaking off] a handbreadth [from one,] and a handbreadth [from the other]), or he lowered [the bed to a height of] less than a handbreadth, [the bed is] tahor.

[Regarding] a bed that was tamei midras, [if one] long board broke and [the owner] repaired it, it is [still] tamei midras. [If] the second [long board then] broke and he repaired it, [the bed] is tahor from midras [tumah], but it is tamei [due to] contact with a midras [hazav]. If he did not manage to repair the first [board] before the second [board] broke, [the bed is] tahor.

[Regarding] a leg [of a bed] that was tamei midras and one connected it to a bed, (the entire) [bed] becomes tamei midras. [If the leg is] removed, it is tamei midras, and the bed is [tamei due to] contact with a midras [hazav]. [If the leg] was tamei with seven-day tumah and one connected it to a bed, the entire bed becomes tamei with seven-day tumah. [If the leg is] removed, it is tamei with seven-day tumah, and the bed is tamei with evening-tumah. [If the leg] was tamei with evening-tumah and one connected it to a bed, the entire bed becomes tamei with evening-tumah. [If the leg is] removed, it is tamei with evening-tumah, and the bed is tahor. The same [rulings apply to] the prong of a pitchfork.