A garment case and a garment fold [are susceptible to] midras [tumah]. [Regard- ing] a case for purple wool and a fold for purple wool, Beis Shammai say: [They are susceptible to] midras [tumah]. But Beis Hillel say: [They are susceptible to] corpse-tumah. A hide that one made into a cover for a utensil is tahor. [But one used] for weights is tamei. R’ Yose in the name of his father rules tahor.

Wherever [further] processing is not lacking, thought renders [utensils] tamei. And wherever [further] processing is lacking, thought does not render [utensils] tamei, except for a saddle cover.