Mishnah for Oholot 6:4

כֹּתֶל שֶׁבֵּין שְׁנֵי בָתִּים וְהַטֻּמְאָה בְתוֹכוֹ, בַּיִת הַקָּרוֹב לַטֻּמְאָה, טָמֵא. וְהַקָּרוֹב לַטָּהֳרָה, טָהוֹר. מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה, שְׁנֵיהֶם טְמֵאִין. טֻמְאָה בְאַחַד מֵהֶן וְכֵלִים בַּכֹּתֶל, מֵחֶצְיוֹ וּכְלַפֵּי טֻמְאָה, טְמֵאִין. מֵחֶצְיוֹ וּכְלַפֵּי טָהֳרָה, טְהוֹרִין. מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה, הֲרֵי הֵן טְמֵאִין. מַעֲזִיבָה שֶׁבֵּין הַבַּיִת לָעֲלִיָּה, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ, מֵחֶצְיָהּ וּלְמַטָּן, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא וַעֲלִיָּה טְהוֹרָה. מֵחֶצְיָהּ וּלְמַעְלָן, הָעֲלִיָּה טְמֵאָה וְהַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה, שְׁנֵיהֶן טְמֵאִין. טֻמְאָה בְאַחַד מֵהֶן וְכֵלִים בַּמַּעֲזִיבָה, מֵחֶצְיָהּ וּכְלַפֵּי טֻמְאָה, טְמֵאִין. מֵחֶצְיָהּ וּכְלַפֵּי טָהֳרָה, טְהוֹרִין. מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה, הֲרֵי הֵן טְמֵאִין. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל הַמַּעֲזִיבָה לָעֲלִיָּה:

A wall that is between two houses and there is impurity inside it, the house close to the impurity is impure and the house closer to the purity is pure. If it is half way between they are both impure. If there is impurity in one of them and vessels are in the wall, from the halfway point towards the impurity they are impure and from the halfway point to the pure side they are pure. If they are halfway between they are impure. If there is plaster between the house and the upper story, and there was impurity in it, from the midpoint down the house is impure and the upper story is pure, from the midpoint up, the upper story is impure and the house is pure. If it is halfway between they are both impure. If there was impurity in one of them and vessels in the plaster, from the halfway point towards the impurity they are impure and from the halfway point to the pure side they are pure. If they are halfway in between they are impure. Rabbi Yehuda says the whole plaster area belongs to the upper story.

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