Related%20passage for Shekalim 8:4

פָּרֹכֶת שֶׁנִּטְמֵאת בִּוְלַד הַטֻמְאָה, מַטְבִּילִין אוֹתָהּ בִּפְנִים וּמַכְנִיסִין אוֹתָהּ מִיָּד. וְאֶת שֶׁנִּטְמֵאת בְּאַב הַטֻמְאָה, מַטְבִּילִין אוֹתָהּ בַּחוּץ וְשׁוֹטְחִין אוֹתָהּ בַּחֵיל. וְאִם הָיְתָה חֲדָשָׁה, שׁוֹטְחִין אוֹתָהּ עַל גַּג הָאִצְטַבָּא, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּרְאוּ הָעָם אֶת מְלַאכְתָּהּ שֶׁהִיא נָאָה:

If a parocheth (a Temple curtain) became unclean through a v'lad hatumah ("the offspring of uncleanliness," i.e., first-degree uncleanliness) [If it touched unclean liquids, the sages having decreed that unclean liquids render objects unclean, a decree by reason of the "liquid" of zav and zavah, such as his spittle and his semen which are av hatumah (proto-uncleanliness) and render men and objects unclean by Torah law], it is immersed inside [and does not need to be sent outside the Divine encampment, having become unclean only through a v'lad hatumah], and it is immediately returned, [not requiring "sunset" (for its cleanliness)]. But if it became unclean through an av hatumah [a sheretz (creeping thing) or carrion], it is immersed outside. [It must be sent out (of the Divine encampment), as stated (Eruvin 10:15): "If one brings sheretz-uncleanliness into the Temple, he is liable."], and it is spread out in the Chel [outside the azarah]. And if it was new, it was spread out on the Itzteva (the Temple portico), so the people could see how finely it was wrought.

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