Quoting%20commentary for Zavim 5:5

הַטָּמֵא עַל מִקְצָת הַמִּשְׁכָּב וְהַטָּהוֹר עַל מִקְצָת הַמִּשְׁכָּב, טָמֵא. מִקְצָת טָמֵא עַל הַמִּשְׁכָּב וּמִקְצָת טָהוֹר עַל הַמִּשְׁכָּב, טָהוֹר. נִמְצֵאת טֻמְאָה נִכְנֶסֶת לוֹ וְיוֹצֵאת מִמֶּנּוּ בְּמִעוּטוֹ. וְכֵן כִּכָּר שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה שֶׁהוּא נָתוּן עַל גַּבֵּי מִשְׁכָּב וְהַנְּיָר בֵּינְתַיִם, בֵּין מִלְמַעְלָן בֵּין מִלְּמַטָּן, טָהוֹר. וְכֵן בְּאֶבֶן הַמְנֻגַּעַת, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַמֵּא בָזוֹ:

[If] an unclean person rests on part of an object fit to lie upon [or if] a clean person rests on part of an object fit to lie upon it becomes unclean. If part of an unclean person rests on an object fit to lie upon, or part of a clean person rests upon an object fit to lie upon, it is clean. Thus we find that uncleanliness can be contracted and communicated by its lesser part. Similarly, if a loaf [of bread] of <i>teruma</i> [a portion of a crop given to a <i>kohen</i>], was placed upon an object fit to lie upon [that was unclean] and there is paper between them, whether [the loaf] is on top or it is on the bottom it is clean. Similarly [if ] there was an stone with diseased patches on it that render it unclean, [either on top or below the loaf of bread separated by a pice of paper] it is clean. Rabbi Shimon declared thai in such a case it is unclean.

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