Talmud for Tahorot 10:1

הַנּוֹעֵל בֵּית הַבַּד מִפְּנֵי הַבַּדָּדִין וְהָיוּ לְשָׁם כֵּלִים טְמֵאִין מִדְרָס, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, בֵּית הַבַּד טָמֵא. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, בֵּית הַבַּד טָהוֹר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אִם טְהוֹרִין לָהֶן, בֵּית הַבַּד טָמֵא. וְאִם טְמֵאִין לָהֶן, בֵּית הַבַּד טָהוֹר. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וְכִי מִפְּנֵי מָה טְמֵאוֹת, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵין עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ בְּקִיאִין בְּהֶסֵּט:

If one locks the olive press before the [unlearned] press workers [once he has purified them, to ensure that they remain inside and prepare the oil in purity], and in there are also vessels impure with <i>midras</i> impurity [a type of impurity due to being sat or stepped upon by certain types of impure individuals, rendering something an Origin of impurity], Rabbi Meir says: the olive press is impure. Rabbi Yehuda says: the olive press is pure. Rabbi Shimon says: if the workers consider them [the impure vessels] to be pure, the olive press is impure; and if they consider them to be impure, the olive press is pure. Rabbi Yose says: why are they [the workers, considered] impure? Because <i>amei ha'aretz</i> [unlearned individuals, uneducated about matters of purity] are not experts with regard to shifting [the position of something impure, even without touching it, which is one way impurity can be transferred].

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