Commentary for Shabbat 151:9

אמר רבא

three [handbreadths] square, a sack<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A rough material, as of goats hair. ');">¹²</span> four square, a hide five square, and [reed] matting six square [are susceptible to uncleanness as midras].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. p. 312, n. 9. ');">¹³</span> Now it was taught thereon: A garment, sacking, a hide, and matting combine with each other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When joined to make up the requisite minimum, they are susceptible to midras. ');">¹⁴</span> And R. Simeon observed: What is the reason? Because they are liable to the uncleanness of sitting.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the uncleanness caused by a zab's (q.v. Glos.) sitting upon them when pieced together. That is because one may employ them thus for patching up a saddle. ');">¹⁵</span> Thus the reason is that they are liable to the uncleanness of sitting;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And having that in common, they can naturally combine. ');">¹⁶</span> but whatever is not liable to the uncleanness of sitting is not so? — Said Raba:

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