Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 4:2

תֵּבַת הַמִּגְדָּל, יֶשׁ בָּהּ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח וְאֵין בִּיצִיאָתָהּ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הַטֻּמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מְטַהֵר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיאָהּ לַחֲצָאִים אוֹ לְשָׂרְפָהּ בִּמְקוֹמָהּ:

A drawer of a cupboard that has a handbreadth's space, but whose outlet does not have a handbreadth's space, if there is impurity inside it, the house becomes impure; if there is impurity in the house, that which is within [the drawer] is pure, for the manner of impurity is to go out and its manner is not to go in. Rabbi Yose declares [the house] pure, since he can remove [the impurity] in halves or burn it in its place.

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