A garment case and a garment fold [are susceptible to] midras [tumah]. [Regard- ing] a case for purple wool and a fold for purple wool, Beis Shammai say: [They are susceptible to] midras [tumah]. But Beis Hillel say: [They are susceptible to] corpse-tumah. A hide that one made into a cover for a utensil is tahor. [But one used] for weights is tamei. R’ Yose in the name of his father rules tahor.

Wherever [further] processing is not lacking, thought renders [utensils] tamei. And wherever [further] processing is lacking, thought does not render [utensils] tamei, except for a saddle cover.

[Regarding] hides of a householder, thought renders them tamei. But [regarding hides] of a tanner, thought does not render them tamei. [Regarding hides] of a thief, thought renders them tamei; but [regarding hides] of a robber, thought does not render them tamei. R’ Shimon says the opposite: [Regarding hides] of a robber, thought renders them tamei. But [regarding hides] of a thief, thought does not render them tamei, since the owners have not despaired.

[Regarding] a hide that is tamei midras and one decided [to use] it for straps or for sandals, as soon as he applies the knife to it, it is tahor; [these are] the words of R’ Yehudah. But the Sages say: Until he reduces it [to] less than five handbreadths. R’ Elazar the son of R’ Tzadok says: Even if one makes a napkin from a hide, it remains tamei, but from a mattress, it is tahor.