There are three towels: [A towel] for hands [is susceptible to becoming] tamei with midras tumah. [A towel used] for scrolls [is susceptible to becoming] tamei with corpse- tumah. And [one used] for shrouds or for the lyres of the Levites is tahor from any [form of tumah].

There are three gauntlets: [The gauntlet] of hunters of animals and birds [is susceptible to becoming] tamei with midras tumah. [The gauntlet used] for locust [is susceptible to becoming] tamei with corpse-tumah. And [the gauntlet] of summer fruit-dryers is tahor from any [form of tumah].

There are three hairnets. [The hairnet] of a young woman [is susceptible to becoming] tamei with midras tumah. [The hairnet] of an old woman [is susceptible to becoming] tamei with corpse-tumah. And [the hairnet] of one who goes out is tahor from any [form of tumah].

There are three boxes: [Regarding] a worn-out [box] that one patched onto a sound one, we follow [the status of] the sound one. [If one patched] a small [box] onto a large one, we follow [the status of] the large one. [If] they were equal, we follow [the status of] the interior [box]. R’ Shimon says: [Regarding] the pan of a balance scale that one patched onto the bottom of a boiler, [if he patched it] on the inner surface [of the boiler, the boiler is] tamei. [But if he attached it] on the outer surface [of the boiler, the boiler is] tahor. [If] one patched [the pan] onto the side of [the boiler], whether on the inner surface or the outer surface, it is tahor.