Commentary for Parah 10:4

הַטָּהוֹר לְחַטָּאת שֶׁנָּגַע בְּתַנּוּר, בְּיָדוֹ, טָמֵא. וּבְרַגְלוֹ, טָהוֹר. הָיָה עוֹמֵד עַל גַּבֵּי תַנּוּר וּפָשַׁט יָדוֹ חוּץ לַתַּנּוּר, וְהַלָּגִין בְּתוֹכוֹ, וְכֵן הָאֵסֶל שֶׁהוּא נָתוּן עַל גַּבֵּי הַתַּנּוּר וּבוֹ שְׁנֵי קְלָלוֹת, אֶחָד מִכָּאן וְאֶחָד מִכָּאן, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַהֵר, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַמְּאִין:

One who is pure for <i>chatat</i>, who [then] touched an oven, with his hand, he is impure, with his foot, he is [still] pure. If he was standing on top of an oven and his hand was outstretched beyond the oven and [holding] in it the jug [with the ashes], and similarly a rod [for holding jugs] placed on top of an oven with two <i>kallalot</i> [hanging] on it, one on one side and one the other, Rabbi Akiva considers them pure, and the Sages consider them impure.

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