Quoting%20commentary for Kelim 5:8

חֲתָכוֹ חֻלְיוֹת לְרָחְבּוֹ, פָּחוֹת מֵאַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים, טָהוֹר. מֵרְחוֹ בְטִיט, מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה מִשֶּׁיַּסִּיקֶנּוּ כְּדֵי לֶאֱפוֹת בּוֹ סֻפְגָּנִין. הִרְחִיק מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת הַטְּפֵלָה וְנָתַן חֹל אוֹ צְרוֹר בֵּינְתַיִם, בָּזֶה אָמְרוּ, הַנִּדָּה וְהַטְּהוֹרָה אוֹפוֹת בּוֹ וְהוּא טָהוֹר:

If [the oven] is cut up by its width into rings that are each less than four <em>tefachim</em> in height, it is pure. If it is subsequently plastered over with clay, it becomes susceptible to impurity when it is heated to a degree that is enough for baking sponge cakes. If he distanced the plastering, and he put sand or gravel between it and the oven sides — of such an oven they said, "A menstruant as well as a ritually pure woman may bake in it and it remains ritually pure."

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