[Regarding] a sereedah that is placed over the mouth of an oven surrounded by a sealed cover, [if] a crack developed between the oven and the sereedah, its measure is the width of the mouth of an ox-goad that cannot be inserted. R’ Yehudah says: [If] it can enter. [If] the sereedah developed a crack, its measure is the width of the mouth of an ox-goad that can enter. R’ Yehudah says: [Even if] it cannot enter. [If the crack in the sereedah] was rounded, we do not view it as being straight; rather its measure is the width of an ox-goad that can enter.

An oven whose eye developed a crack, its measure is the full size of a spindle that can enter and exit [while] lit on fire. R’ Yehudah says: Which is not lit on fire. If it developed a hole at its side, its measure is the full size of a spindle that can enter and exit unlit. R’ Yehudah says: Lit on fire. R’ Shimon says: [If the hole is] in the middle, [then only if] it can enter. [If it is] at the side, [then even if] it cannot enter. And similarly [R’ Shimon] would say regarding the stopper of a barrel that developed a hole, its measure is the width of the second node of [a stalk of] oats. In the middle, [if] it can enter. In the side, [even if] it cannot enter. And similarly, [R’ Shimon] would say regarding large casks that developed holes, their measure is the size of the second node of a reed. In the middle, [if] it can enter. In the side, [even if] it cannot enter. When are [these] things said? When the [containers] were made for wine. But if they were made for other beverages, even [if they have a hole of] the most-minute size, they are tamei. When are [these] things said? When the [holes] were not made by the hands of man. But if they were made by the hands of man, even [if the hole is of] the most-minute size, [the container is] tamei. [If] they developed holes, [utensils] that are intended for food, their measure is with olives. [Utensils] that are intended for beverages, their measure is with beverages. [A utensil] that is intended for both, we apply to it its more-stringent [measure] with regard to a sealed cover, with [a hole large enough] to let in a beverage.