[A piece of cloth measuring] three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths] that was placed inside a ball, or it itself was made into a ball, it is tahor. But [a piece of cloth measuring] three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths] that was placed inside a ball is tamei. [If] it itself was made into a ball, it is tahor, since the stitching diminishes it.

[A piece of cloth measuring] less than three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths] that was designated [to be used] to plug a bathhouse, to pour out [the contents of] a pot, [or] to wipe clean a millstone, whether it is prepared [for use] or whether it is unprepared [for use], [the cloth] is tamei, [these are] the words of R’ Eliezer. R’ Yehoshua says: Whether it is prepared [for use], or whether it is unprepared [for use], [the cloth] is tahor. R’ Akiva says: If it is prepared [for use], [the cloth] is tamei; if it is unprepared, [the cloth] is tahor.

[If one] made an “ispilanis” plaster, whether of cloth or of leather, it is tahor. R’ Yose says: [If it is] of leather, it is tahor. [If he made] a “milugma” plaster, [if it is] of cloth, it is tahor; [but if it is] of leather, it is tamei. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Even [if it is made] of cloth, it is tamei, since it can be shaken off.

[Concerning] scroll covers, whether they are ornamented or whether they are not ornamented, they are tamei according to the opinion of Beis Shammai. Beis Hillel say: Ornamented [ones] are tahor, but those that are not ornamented are tamei. Rabban Gamliel says: Both these and these are tahor.