הניחו בקופסא — דברי הכל טמא. לא נחלקו אלא שתלאו במגוד או שהניחו לאחורי הדלת. רבי אליעזר סבר מדלא זרקו באשפה דעתיה עילויה. ומאי קרי ליה ״שלא מן המוכן״ — דלגבי קופסא לאו מוכן הוא. ורבי יהושע סבר מדלא הניחו בקופסא בטולי בטליה, ומאי קרי ליה ״מוכן״ — דלגבי אשפה מוכן הוא. ורבי עקיבא, בתלאו במגוד סבר כרבי אליעזר, בהניחו אחורי הדלת סבר לה כרבי יהושע.
If one placed it in a box, everyone agrees that it can become ritually impure because his placing the cloth in a box indicates that he considers the cloth significant and is keeping it in order to use it. They only disagreed in a case where one hung the garment on a dryer, i.e., a stake in the wall, or where he placed it behind a door. R' Eliezer held: From the fact that he did not throw it in the garbage dump, it is certainly on his mind and he is planning to use it. And what is the reason that he called it not prepared? It is because, relative to a cloth placed in a box, it is not considered prepared for use. And R' Yehoshua held that since he did not place it in a box, certainly he has negated its garment status. And what is the reason that he called it prepared? Because relative to one thrown in the garbage, this garment is prepared for use, although, in fact, the cloth has already been negated. And R' Akiva, in the case where he hung it on a dryer, held in accordance with the opinion of R' Eliezer that one has not yet negated it from use and it can therefore become ritually impure. In the case where he placed it behind a door, R' Akiva held in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehoshua that, in doing so, he negated its garment status, and it can no longer become ritually impure.