משנה: וְעוֹד כְּלָל אַחֵר אָֽמְרוּ כָּל־הַכָּשֵׁר לְהַצְנִיעַ וּמַצְנִיעִין כָּמוֹהוּ וְהוֹצִיאוֹ בַשַּׁבָּת חַייָב עָלָיו חַטָּאת וְכָל־שֶׁאֵינוֹ כָשֵׁר לְהַצְנִיעַ וְאֵין מַצְנִיעִין כָּמוֹהוּ וְהוֹצִיאוֹ בַשַּׁבָּת אֵינוֹ חַייָב אֶלָּא הַמַּצְנִיעוֹ: MISHNAH: They said another principle. Anything which can be preserved and one preserves its kind if he took it out on the Sabbath he is obligated for a purification sacrifice because of it9One starts to detail the rules of the category mentioned last. The biblical prohibition is restricted to valuables. However, if a person considers valuable what for others is not, the item becomes biblically forbidden to him for transport., but for anything which cannot be preserved and one does not preserve its kind, if he took it out on the Sabbath only the one who preserves is obligated.
הלכה: ה׳. רִבִּי חוּנָה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר. לָעֲבוֹדְה זָרָה אִיתְאֲמָרַת. רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר. לְאִיסּוּרֵי הֲנָייָה אִיתְאֲמָרַת. רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר. לַשִּׁיעוּרִין אִתְאֲמָרַת. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. חַייָב חַטָּאת. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. כָּל־שֶׁהוּא. מָאן דְּאָמַר. חַייָב חַטָּאת. מְסַייֵעַ לְרַב חִסְדָּא. מָאן דְּאָמַר. כָּל־שֶׁהוּא. מְסַייֵעַ לְרִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר וּלְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. רַבָּנִן דְּקַיְסָרִין בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲנִינָה. כְּגוֹן הַמּוֹךְ שֶׁהִתְקִינָה לְנִידָּתָהּ. HALAKHAH: 5. Rebbi Ḥuna in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: This455The statement in Mishnah 5 that “anything which cannot be preserved and one does not preserve its kind, if he took it out on the Sabbath only the one who preserves is obligated.” What is anything which cannot be preserved? has been said for idol worship. Rebbi Joḥanan said, this has been said for things forbidden for usufruct456While idols and their appurtenances also are forbidden for usufruct, the reasoning which would apply the Mishnah to idols applies to anything forbidden for usufruct.. Rav Ḥisda said, this has been said for minimal quantities457In his opinion, anything less than the amounts stated in the following Mishnaiot is not enough to be preserved; the Mishnah does not refer to any particular set of things.. There are Tannaim who state, he is liable for a purification sacrifice. There are Tannaim who state, a minimal amount458Anybody who preserves something which generally is discarded makes it important for himself. Therefore for such a person the minimal amounts stated before do not apply but he is liable for taking out even the most minute amount as long as he preserves this amount by itself. This argument is possible only for R. Eleazar and R. Joḥanan and conforms to R. Simeon’s position in Mishnah 8:1.. He who said he is liable for a purification sacrifice supports Rav Ḥisda. He who said a minimal amount supports Rebbi Eleazar and Rebbi Joḥanan. The rabbis of Caesarea in the name of Rebbi Yose bar Ḥanina: For example, the wad which she prepared for her menstrual period461Meilah 4:6" href="/Mishnah_Meilah.4.6">Mishnah Meˋilah 4:6. Mishnah 3 had stated that materials whose minimal sizes for impurity are different do not combine for impurity. Mishnah 6 states an exception, viz., that materials that may be used to make chairs or beds do combine; similarly to what was stated for the rules of the Sabbath combination material follows the rules of the material which requires a larger minimal amount.
Cloth becomes impure in general if it is at least (3 thumb-widths)2 wide, but indirectly if a person who is a source of impurity sits on it (מִדְרָס) only by (3 hand-widths)2. The minimal size of a piece of sack-cloth for impurity is (4 hand-widths)2, for leather it is (5 hand-widths)2, and for bast mats (6 hand-widths)2. According to R. Simeon any of these materials if made specifically as a seat becomes impure in the size of (1 hand-width)2; for him the problem does not arise since he accepts impurity of combined material only for מִדְרָס..