Mishnah for Oholot 6:3

כֹּתֶל הַמְשַׁמֵּשׁ אֶת הַבַּיִת, יִדּוֹן מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה. כֵּיצַד. כֹּתֶל שֶׁהוּא לָאֲוִיר וְהַטֻּמְאָה בְתוֹכוֹ, מֵחֶצְיוֹ וְלִפְנִים, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, וְהָעוֹמֵד מִלְמַעְלָן טָהוֹר. מֵחֶצְיוֹ וְלַחוּץ, הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר, וְהָעוֹמֵד מִלְמַעְלָן טָמֵא. מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. וְהָעוֹמֵד מִלְמַעְלָן, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל הַכֹּתֶל לַבָּיִת:

A wall that serves a house is ruled half and half. How so? A wall which is open to the air and the impurity is inside it, from the midpoint inward the house is impure but one who stands above it is pure, from the midpoint outside the house is pure and one who stands on top of it is impure. If it is halfway between, the house is impure and one who stands above it, Rabbi Meir declares him impure but the Sages declare him pure. Rabbi Yehuda says the whole wall [is ruled according] to the house.

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