Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 11:8

הֶחָדוּת שֶׁבַּבַּיִת וּמְנוֹרָה בְתוֹכוֹ, וְהַפֶּרַח שֶׁלָּהּ יוֹצֵא וּכְפִישָׁה נְתוּנָה עָלָיו, שֶׁאִם תִּנָּטֵל הַמְּנוֹרָה וּכְפִישָׁה עוֹמֶדֶת עַל פִּי הֶחָדוּת, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, הֶחָדוּת טָהוֹר, וּמְנוֹרָה טְמֵאָה. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אַף הַמְּנוֹרָה טְהוֹרָה. וּמוֹדִים, שֶׁאִם תִּנָּטֵל הַמְּנוֹרָה וּכְפִישָׁה נוֹפֶלֶת, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

If a cistern was in a house and a candlestick was inside it and its flower-shaped ornament was sticking out and a basket [which is unable to become impure] was placed over it in a way that if the candlestick would be taken out the basket would stand on the mouth of the cistern, the House of Shammai say the cistern is pure but the candlestick is impure. The House of Hillel say even the candlestick is pure. And they agree that [if the basket was placed in a way that] if the candlestick would be taken out the basket would fall, everything is impure.

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