Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 9:9

הָיְתָה מְמַלְּאָה אֶת כָּל הַבַּיִת וְאֵין בֵּינָהּ לְבֵין הַקּוֹרוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ טֻמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס, בֵּין עוֹמֶדֶת בֵּין מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ, בֵּין אַחַת בֵּין שְׁתָּיִם:

If it was filling the whole house and there was less than a hand-breadth between it and the beams, if there is impurity inside it, the house is impure. If there is impurity in the house, what is in it [the basket] is pure for the nature of impurity is to go out and not to go in, whether it was standing upright or lying on its side, or whether there were one or two [baskets].

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