Keilim 26:7-8
Keilim 26:7
If no work on a utensil is lacking, then intention alone renders it susceptible to impurity, but if some work is lacking, then intention alone does not render it susceptible to impurity except for a hide for riding upon.
Keilim 26:8
Hides belonging to a homeowner are rendered susceptible to impurity through intention, while those belonging to a tanner are not rendered susceptible through intention. Hides taken stealthily by a thief are rendered susceptible by intention (because the owner has despaired of getting them back), but those taken forcefully by a robber are not rendered susceptible by intention (because the owner still hopes to recover them). Rabbi Shimon says it’s actually the opposite: those taken by a robber are rendered susceptible by intention (because the owner despairs of wresting them from the robber) while those taken by a thief are not rendered susceptible by intention because the owner doesn’t abandon his hope that he will get them back.
Grateful Thanks for the Mishna Yomit Dedication of
Rabbi Louis Leifer and Mrs. Miriam D. Leifer z"l
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