Oholot 4

מִגְדָּל שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֵד בָּאֲוִיר, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכוֹ, כֵּלִים שֶׁבְּעָבְיוֹ טְהוֹרִים. טֻמְאָה בְעָבְיוֹ, כֵּלִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ טְהוֹרִים. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה. הָיָה עוֹמֵד בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכוֹ, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכוֹ טָהוֹר, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הַטֻּמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס. כֵּלִים שֶׁבֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הָאָרֶץ, שֶׁבֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הַכֹּתֶל, שֶׁבֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הַקּוֹרוֹת, אִם יֶשׁ שָׁם פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טְמֵאִין. וְאִם לָאו, טְהוֹרִין. טֻמְאָה שָׁם, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא:

A cupboard standing [outside] in the open air: If there is impurity within it, vessels in the thickness [of its walls] are pure. If there is impurity in its thickness, vessels inside [the cupboard] are pure. Rabbi Yose says: half and half. If it is standing inside a house: If there is impurity inside [the cupboard], the house is impure; If there is impurity in the house, that which is within [the cupboard] is pure, for the manner of impurity is to go out and its manner is not to go in. Vessels that are between [the cupboard] and the ground, or that are between it and the wall, or that are between it and the roof-beams: If there is a handbreadth's space there, they are impure. If not, they remain pure. If there is impurity there, the house becomes impure.

תֵּבַת הַמִּגְדָּל, יֶשׁ בָּהּ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח וְאֵין בִּיצִיאָתָהּ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הַטֻּמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מְטַהֵר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיאָהּ לַחֲצָאִים אוֹ לְשָׂרְפָהּ בִּמְקוֹמָהּ:

A drawer of a cupboard that has a handbreadth's space, but whose outlet does not have a handbreadth's space, if there is impurity inside it, the house becomes impure; if there is impurity in the house, that which is within [the drawer] is pure, for the manner of impurity is to go out and its manner is not to go in. Rabbi Yose declares [the house] pure, since he can remove [the impurity] in halves or burn it in its place.

הָיָה עוֹמֵד בְּתוֹךְ הַפֶּתַח וְנִפְתַּח לַחוּץ, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכוֹ, הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכוֹ טָמֵא, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הַטֻּמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס. הָיְתָה מוּכְנִי שֶׁלּוֹ מְשׁוּכָה לַאֲחוֹרָיו שָׁלשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, טֻמְאָה שָׁם כְּנֶגֶד הַקּוֹרוֹת, הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁיֶּשׁ שָׁם פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, וְאֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה, וְהַמִּגְדָּל בָּא בְמִדָּה:

If it [the cupboard] was standing in the opening and it opened outward, if there is impurity inside it, the house is pure. If there is impurity in the house, that which is within [the cupboard] is impure, for the manner of impurity is to go out and its manner is not to go in. If its wheeled base protruded three fingerbreadths behind it: if there was impurity inside directly underneath the roof-beams, the house is pure. About what case was this stated? When there is there a handbreadth's space, when it is not detachable, and when the cupboard is the normal measurement.