Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 7:3

הַמֵּת בַּבַּיִת וּבוֹ פְתָחִין הַרְבֵּה, כֻּלָּן טְמֵאִין. נִפְתַּח אַחַד מֵהֶן, הוּא טָמֵא וְכֻלָּן טְהוֹרִים. חָשַׁב לְהוֹצִיאוֹ בְאַחַד מֵהֶן, אוֹ בְחַלּוֹן שֶׁהוּא אַרְבָּעָה עַל אַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים, הִצִּיל עַל כָּל הַפְּתָחִים. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, יַחְשֹׁב עַד שֶׁלֹּא יָמוּת הַמֵּת. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אַף מִשֶּׁמֵּת. הָיָה סָתוּם וְנִמְלַךְ לְפָתְחוֹ, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, כְּשֶׁיִּפְתַּח אַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, כְּשֶׁיַּתְחִיל. וּמוֹדִים בְּפוֹתֵחַ בַּתְּחִלָּה, שֶׁיִּפְתַּח אַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים:

One who dies in a house that has many openings, they all become impure. If only one of them was open, it is impure and all the others are pure. If he thought to take out [the corpse] through one of them, or through a window that is four by four handbreadths, he protects all the other openings [from impurity]. Beit Shammai say he must decide before the corpse dies, but Beit Hillel say even after he dies. If it was sealed and he decided to open it, Beit Shammai say once he opens four handbreadths [it protects the other openings] but the House of Hillel say [even] once he starts. And they agree that if he opens it in the beginning he must open four handbreadths.

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