Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 5:6

כֵּיצַד. הַבּוֹר וְהַדּוּת שֶׁבַּבַּיִת, וּכְפִישָׁה נְתוּנָה עָלָיו, טָהוֹר. אִם הָיְתָה בְאֵר חֲלָקָה, אוֹ כַוֶּרֶת פְּחוּתָה, וּכְפִישָׁה נְתוּנָה עָלֶיהָ, טָמֵא. אִם הָיָה נֶסֶר חָלָק, אוֹ סְרִידָה שֶׁאֵין לָהּ גַּפַּיִם, טָהוֹר, שֶׁאֵין הַכֵּלִים מַצִּילִים עִם דָּפְנוֹת אֹהָלִים עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא לָהֶן דְּפָנוֹת. וְכַמָּה תְהֵא הַדֹּפֶן, טֶפַח. הָיָה לָהּ חֲצִי טֶפַח מִכָּאן וַחֲצִי טֶפַח מִכָּאן, אֵינָהּ דֹּפֶן, עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא לָהּ טֶפַח מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד:

How so? If there was a cistern or a cellar in a house and a large basket was placed over it, [the contents of the cistern or cellar] remain pure. But if it was a well level [with the ground] or a lessened basket and a large basket was placed over it, [the contents] are impure. If it was a smooth board or netting without rims, [the contents] are pure. For vessels do not protect with the walls of tents unless they themselves have walls. How much must the wall be? A handbreadth. If there was half a handbreadth on one side and half a handbreadth on the other, it is not [considered] a wall, until is a whole handbreadth from one object.

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