Commentary for Oholot 11:5
הָיָה מֻטָּל עַל הָאַסְקֻפָּה וְהֶאֱהִילוּ עָלָיו קוֹבְרֵי הַמֵּת, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה:
If he was lying on the threshold and he overshadowed people who bury dead bodies, Beit Shammai say he does not spread impurity, butBeit Hillel say he does spread impurity.
Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot
היה מוטל על האסקופה – part of him was within the house and part of him was outside of the house.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Oholot
Introduction
Our mishnah continues to discuss whether a person overshadowed by a funeral procession brings uncleanness into the house.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot
אינו מביא את טומאה – for there is no cavity/empty space [here].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Oholot
If a person was lying on the threshold and the funeral procession overshadowed him: Bet Shammai says: he does bring the uncleanness. But Bet Hillel says: he does bring the uncleanness. The person is lying with part of his body on the threshold, outside of the door, and the rest of his body is in the house. Bet Shammai and Bet Hillel are consistent with the positions they held in the previous mishnayot. Bet Shammai says that the person is not an ohel through which the impurity could be conveyed into the house. Bet Hillel says that a person's body is considered to be hollow. Therefore, the impurity gets into the ohel formed by his body and from there it enters the house.
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