[Concerning] clothing of poor people, although they do not measure three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths], they [can become] tamei with midras [tumah]. [Regarding] a cloak that one began to tear, once a majority [of the cloak] is torn, [the torn parts] are no longer [considered to be] attached. Thick [cloths] and soft [cloths] are not subject to the law of three [fingerbreadths] by three [fingerbreadths].