Talmud for Zavim 3:3

הַזָּב וְהַטָּהוֹר שֶׁיָּשְׁבוּ בִסְפִינָה גְדוֹלָה, אֵיזוֹ הִיא סְפִינָה גְדוֹלָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כֹּל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְהָמִיט בָּאָדָם. יָשְׁבוּ עַל הַנֶּסֶר, עַל הַסַּפְסָל, עַל הַגָּשִׁישׁ שֶׁל מִטָּה וְעַל הָאַכְלוֹנָס בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵינָן מַחְגִּירִין, עָלוּ בְאִילָן שֶׁכֹּחוֹ יָפֶה, בְּסוֹכָה שֶׁכֹּחָהּ יָפֶה, וּבְסֻלָּם צוֹרִי אוֹ מִצְרִי בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא קָבוּעַ בְּמַסְמֵר, עַל הַכֶּבֶשׁ, עַל הַקּוֹרָה וְעַל הַדֶּלֶת בִּזְמַן שֶׁהֵן עֲשׂוּיִין בְּטִיט אֲפִלּוּ מִצַּד אֶחָד, טְהוֹרִין. הַטָּהוֹר מַכֶּה אֶת הַטָּמֵא, טָהוֹר. הַטָּמֵא מַכֶּה אֶת הַטָּהוֹר, טָמֵא, שֶׁאִם יִמָּשֵׁךְ הַטָּהוֹר, הֲרֵי הַטָּמֵא נוֹפֵל:

[If] a Zav and a clean person sat [together] on a big boat, [but] what is a big boat? Rabbi Yehuda says, One that does not sway with a man's weight, [or if] they sat on a plank, bench or bed frame or a beam when they are firmly secure, [or] they went up into a tree that is strong, or in a branch that is strong [or they they were climbing] on a Tyrian ladder or an Egyptian [ladder] that was secured [to a wall] with a nail, [or] on a ramp or a rafter or on a door when clay was used [to secure them in the ground], even [only] on one side, they are clean. A clean person that hit an unclean person [he remains] clean. [If] an unclean person hits a clean person, [the clean person] becomes unclean, because if the clean person draws [back, as he is being hit], the unclean person would surely fall, thus it is as if the <i>zav</i> had actually leaned on the clean person and that renders him unclean].

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