[Concerning] a sheet that contracted midras tumah and was [then] made into a curtain, it becomes tahor from midras [tumah], but it is tamei [due to] contact with a midras. R’ Yose said: Why, which midras did this [sheet] touch? Rather [it contracts contact-tumah] only if the zav himself touches it, [rendering] it tamei [on account of] the zav’s touching.

[If a cloth that is] three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths] was divided, [each half] is tahor from midras tumah, but is tamei [due to] contact with a midras. R’ Yose said: Why, which midras did this [cloth] touch? Rather [each half is tamei] only if the zav himself touched [the garment], [rendering] it tamei [on account of] the zav’s touching.

[If] a piece of cloth measuring] three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths was] in a trash heap, [it remains susceptible to tumah only if it is] intact and [capable of being used to] wrap salt in. [But if it was] in the house, [it is susceptible to tumah if it is] either intact or [capable of being used to] wrap salt in. How much salt must one be able to wrap [in the cloth]? A quarter [-kav]. R’ Yehudah says: Fine [salt]. But the Sages say: Coarse [salt]. Both this one and this one intend to rule leniently. R’ Shimon says: [A piece of cloth] three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths that was] in a trash heap is the same as [a piece of cloth] three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths that was] in a house.

[Concerning a piece of cloth measuring] three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths] that was torn, if when being placed on a chair the flesh [of the one sitting on the chair] touches the chair, it is tahor; otherwise, it remains tamei. [Concerning a piece of cloth] three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths], from which one thread was worn out, or on which a knot or two threads were found lying alongside each other, it is tahor. [A piece of cloth] three [fingerbreadths] by three [fin- gerbreadths] that was thrown into a trash heap is tahor. [If] it was retrieved, it is [susceptible to] tumah. Invariably, throwing it [into the trash heap] renders it tahor and retrieving it renders it [susceptible to] tumah, unless it is purple material or fine crimson. R’ Eliezer says: A patch of new cloth is similar to them. R’ Shimon says: They are all tahor. They were not mentioned except in regard to the return of a lost article.