One may not pierce an eggshell, fill it with oil, and put it over the mouth of a lamp so that it [the oil] will drip, even if it [the container] is of earthenware. But R’ Yehudah permits [this]. However, if the potter attached it originally, it is permitted, be-cause it is a single vessel. One may not fill a bowl with oil, put it beside a lamp, and put the end of the wick into it [the bowl] so that it will draw [oil]. But R’ Yehudah permits [this].

We may not light with any product of a tree, except flax. And no tree-product can contract tumah-contamination from sheltering [a contaminated object], except flax. A wick made from a cloth that one twisted but did not singe — R’ Eliezer says: It is susceptible to tumah-contamination, and we may not light with it. R’ Akiva says: It is not susceptible to tumah-contamination, and we may light with it.