[Regarding] a ball, a shoe form, an amulet, or tefillin that tore, one who touches them is tamei. But [one who touches] their contents is tahor. [Regarding] a saddle that tore, one who touches its contents is tamei, for the stitching connects it.

The following [utensils] are tamei as merkav: An Ashkelonian strap, a Median mortar, a packsaddle of a camel, and a saddle of a horse. R’ Yose says: Even a saddle of a horse is tamei as moshav, because they stand on it on the sporting grounds, but a saddle of a dromedary is tamei.

What is [the difference] between merkav and moshav? [With regard to] merkav, touching it is different than carrying it, but [with regard to] moshav, touching it is no different than carrying it. A packsaddle of a donkey that one sits upon is tahor. [If] one changed the [number of] holes, or opened [the holes] one into the other, it is tamei.

The bier, pillow, and mattress of a corpse, these [can become] tamei [with] midras [tumah]. A bridal chair, a birthing stool of a woman in childbirth, and a launderer’s seat upon which he stacks the clothing, R’ Yose said: These are not subject to [the tumah of] moshav.