Commentary for Shabbat 131:2
ואם יש לו בית קיבול כתיתין טמא
IT IS UNCLEAN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Unclean' and 'clean' in this and similar passages means susceptible and not susceptible to uncleanness respectively. A wooden article is unclean only when it has a receptacle for objects to be carried therein. If the log is merely hollowed out for the stump, it is not a receptacle in this sense. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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