י והתנן הבגד שלשה על שלשה למדרס השק ד' על ד' העור ה' על ה' מפץ ו' על ו' בין למדרס בין למת ותאני עלה הבגד והשק והעור כשיעור לטומאה כך שיעור להוצאה ההוא בקורטובלא:
10 — There too it is as we stated, because no man troubles to knead clay [only] for making the hole of a smelting pot. Come and hear: For R. Hiyya b. Ammi said on 'Ulla's authority: There are three [kinds of] hide: mazzah, hippa, and diftera. Mazzah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'unleavened'. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> is as its name implies, neither salted nor treated with flour or gall-nut. And what is its standard? R. Samuel b. Rab Judah recited: As much as is required for wrapping a small weight therein. And how much is that? Said Abaye: A quarter of a Pumbedithan quarter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of a litra. V.J.E. XII, p. 48b s.v. Litra, though it is not clear whether what is stated there applies to a Pumbedithan litra too — probably not. Weights were wrapped in hide to prevent their being rubbed away; hence this standard. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> Hippa is a skin that is salted but not treated with flour and gall-nut. And what is its standard? Even as we learnt: SKIN, AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR MAKING AN AMULET. Diftera is skin that has been dressed with salt and flour but not treated with gall-nut. And what is its standard? As much as is required for writing a divorce.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Git. 22a. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> Now incidentally it is stated, As much as is required for wrapping a weight therein, which Abaye explained [as meaning] a quarter of a Pumbedithan quarter?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is a larger standard than the others. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> — There it treats of a steaming hide.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., immediately after it is flayed and before it has had time to dry. It is not yet fit for tanning, and hence a different standard is applied to it (Rashi). ');"><sup>21</sup></span> But we learnt: A garment three [handbreadths] square is susceptible to midras,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 275, n. 1. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> sacking four square, a hide five square and reed matting six square<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. notes supra 76a. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> are susceptible to [the uncleanness of] both midras and the dead. Now it was taught thereon: As for a garment, sacking and hide, as their standard is for uncleanness, so it is for carrying out!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That size carried out on the Sabbath involves a penalty. Hence the standard for hide is five square, which is not the same as that given in the Mishnah. Presumably the difficulty must be answered by drawing a distinction between tanned and untanned hide, and this contradicts R. Nahman. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> — That refers to a leather spread.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The hide being so treated that it can only be used as a leather cover on couches, etc., but not for writing thereon. Hence there is a different standard. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>