Tosefta for Tahorot 9:7

רָצָה לִטֹּל מֵהֶן בַּד אֶחָד אוֹ שְׁנֵי בַדִּין, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, קוֹצֶה בְטֻמְאָה וּמְחַפֶּה בְטָהֳרָה. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אַף מְחַפֶּה בְטֻמְאָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, חוֹפֵר בְּקַרְדֻּמּוֹת שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת וּמוֹלִיךְ לְבֵית הַבַּד בְּטֻמְאָה:

If one intends to take one pressing or two pressings from them [from olives in the vat], Beit Shammai says: he may cut out [the olives for pressing] in impurity [i.e. with impure hands or utensils, as the olives are not primed to become impure], but he must cover them up [the remaining olives] in purity. And Beit Hillel says: he can even cover them in impurity. Rabbi Yose says: one may dig out [all the olives from the vat] with metal axes and walk them to the olive press in impurity.

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