Commentary for Oholot 12:2

סְרֵידָה שֶׁהִיא נְתוּנָה עַל פִּי הַתַּנּוּר מֻקָּף צָמִיד פָּתִיל, טֻמְאָה תַחְתָּיו אוֹ עַל גַּבָּיו, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. כְּנֶגֶד אֲוִירוֹ שֶׁל תַּנּוּר, טָהוֹר. טֻמְאָה כְנֶגֶד אֲוִירוֹ שֶׁל תַּנּוּר, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא:

If an oven screen [which is not able to become impure] was placed over an oven which was sealed, if there was impurity beneath it or on top of it, everything is impure. But opposite the airspace of the oven is pure. If the impurity was opposite the airspace of the oven, everything opposite it up to the firmament is impure.

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