Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 15:3

חָבִיּוֹת שֶׁהֵן יוֹשְׁבוֹת עַל שׁוּלֵיהֶן אוֹ מֻטּוֹת עַל צִדֵּיהֶן, בָּאֲוִיר, וְהֵן נוֹגְעוֹת זוֹ בָזוֹ בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחַת אַחַת מֵהֶן, טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרָדֶת. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּטְהוֹרוֹת. אֲבָל אִם הָיוּ טְמֵאוֹת אוֹ גְבוֹהוֹת מִן הָאָרֶץ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחַת אַחַת מֵהֶן, תַּחַת כֻּלָּם טָמֵא:

Barrels that were resting on their bases or laying on their sides in the open air and they are touching one another by a handbreadth's space, if there is impurity under one of them, the impurity pierces and goes up, pierces and goes down. When is this the case? When they were pure, but if they were impure or above the ground by a handbreadth's space, then if there was impurity under one of them, the entire area beneath both of them is impure.

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