The Criterion for the Purity and Impurity of Skins
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What is the criterion for using skins, whether they are from animals whose meat is eaten or not, and whether they are tanned or not?
As for the skins of animals that become lawful through ritual slaughter, they are pure; because they have become good through the slaughter, such as the skins of camels, cattle, sheep, gazelles, rabbits, and others, whether they are tanned or not. As for the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten, such as the skins of dogs, wolves, lions, elephants, and the like, they are impure, whether they are slaughtered, die, or are killed; because even if they are slaughtered, they do not become lawful and do not become good, so they are impure, whether they are tanned or not, according to the stronger opinion.Because the stronger position is: That impure skins do not become pure through tanning if they are from an animal that does not become lawful through ritual slaughter. As for the skins of animals whose meat is eaten that die before being ritually slaughtered, they become pure if they are tanned, and before tanning they are impure.So the skins are now in three categories: The first category: Pure, whether tanned or not, and this is the skins of ritually slaughtered animals if their meat is eaten.
The second category: Skins that do not become pure, neither after tanning nor before tanning, so they are impure, and these are the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten.
The third category: Skins that become pure after tanning and do not become pure before it, and these are the skins of animals whose meat is eaten if they die without ritual slaughter.
As for the skins of animals that become lawful through ritual slaughter, they are pure; because they have become good through the slaughter, such as the skins of camels, cattle, sheep, gazelles, rabbits, and others, whether they are tanned or not. As for the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten, such as the skins of dogs, wolves, lions, elephants, and the like, they are impure, whether they are slaughtered, die, or are killed; because even if they are slaughtered, they do not become lawful and do not become good, so they are impure, whether they are tanned or not, according to the stronger opinion.Because the stronger position is: That impure skins do not become pure through tanning if they are from an animal that does not become lawful through ritual slaughter. As for the skins of animals whose meat is eaten that die before being ritually slaughtered, they become pure if they are tanned, and before tanning they are impure.So the skins are now in three categories: The first category: Pure, whether tanned or not, and this is the skins of ritually slaughtered animals if their meat is eaten.
The second category: Skins that do not become pure, neither after tanning nor before tanning, so they are impure, and these are the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten.
The third category: Skins that become pure after tanning and do not become pure before it, and these are the skins of animals whose meat is eaten if they die without ritual slaughter.