🎓 Quiz
הלכות כלים פרק ז · 5 Questions
Question 1
Are leather hand-coverings used by thorn-gatherers susceptible to impurity?
Halacha 1: when a hide does not have the shape of a vessel, it is not susceptible — thorn-gathering hand-coverings are specifically cited as pure.
Question 2
When a leather satchel's inner pocket is ripped, does the outer satchel lose its susceptibility?
Halacha 5: a leather satchel whose inner pocket was ripped is still susceptible — it is not considered attached to the pocket.
Question 3
Head tefillin that contract corpse-impurity — how many separate containers do they represent?
Halacha 11 explicitly states that the head tefillin is considered as four separate containers.
Question 4
When is an arm tefillin purified from impurity?
Halacha 13: the arm tefillin becomes pure when released from its base on three sides.
Question 5
When does a damaged shoe become pure?
Halacha 12: when a shoe was damaged and does not cover the majority of the foot, it is pure.