Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 10:3

מִקְצָת טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת וּמִקְצָתָהּ כְּנֶגֶד אֲרֻבָּה, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, וּכְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָמֵא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אִם יֵשׁ בַּטֻּמְאָה כְדֵי שֶׁתֵּחָלֵק וּתְטַמֵּא אֶת הַבַּיִת וּתְטַמֵּא כְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה, טָמֵא. וְאִם לָאו, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָהוֹר:

If part of the impurity was in the house and part of it was opposite the hatch, the house is impure and opposite the impurity is impure, says Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says, the house is impure but opposite the impurity is pure. Rabbi Yosi says, if the impurity is large enough to split it up and make the house impure and opposite the impurity impure, it is impure, but if not, the house is impure and opposite the impurity is pure.

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