Un vasaio che ha lasciato i suoi vasi e è andato a bere, i vasi interni sono puri, ma quelli esterni [quelli che si affacciano sulla strada o di dominio pubblico] sono impuri. Rabbi Yose dice: a quali casi si applica? A quelli non associati; ma se sono legati insieme, tutto è puro. Colui che consegna la sua [casa] chiave a un am ha'aretz [una persona non istruita , ritenuta impura], la casa è pura, perché gli ha dato solo [i diritti di] la custodia della chiave .
Jerusalem Talmud Pesachim
114Qiddušin 1:4, Notes 435–438. Rebbi Jehudah bar Pazi said, I asked: What if he handed him the key115S. Liebermann points out that this cannot mean that the key was handed over after a contract for lease or sale was signed, since for a lease the matter was settled in the preceding paragraph and for a sale it is stated that transfer of the key is transfer of the property (Bava batra 3:1, Note 12). Nevertheless Sefer Haˋittur (vol. 2, p. 121a, Note 17) reads the question as complement of the preceding statement.? Rebbi Zachariah the son-in-law of Rebbi Levi said, this is the disagreement between Rebbi Simeon and the Sages, as we have stated there116Mishnah Tahorot 7:1. The vulgar person is one who does not observe the rules of purity. He is considered a source of original impurity; cf. Introduction to Tractate Demay.: “If somebody hands over his key to a vulgar person, the house remains pure since he only entrusted him with safekeeping the key.” It was stated: Rebbi Simeon declares it impure117Tosephta Tahorot 8:1. He holds that handing over the key implies authorization for unlimited entry into the premises..
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Jerusalem Talmud Kiddushin
Rebbi Jacob bar Aḥa, Rebbi Simeon bar Abba in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: If somebody sell a cistern, when he handed over its pail [the buyer] took possession434The Babli, Baba qama 51b, requires a declaration by the seller that the pail is handed over for possession.. Rebbi Immi in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If somebody sell a house, when [the buyer] stored there, he took possession. Rebbi Jehudah ben Pazi asked, what if he handed over the key435In the Babli, Baba qama 51b/52a, handing over the key as sign of transfer of possession is undeniably a valid action.? Rebbi Zachariah, son-in-law of Rebbi Levi, said: This is a disagreement between Rebbi Simeon and the Sages, as we have stated there436Mishnah Ṭahorot 7:1.: “If somebody hand over the key to his house to an ‘am ha’areṣ437A person who does not keep the rules of ritual purity. If he did enter the house, any movables (food and vessels) he touches there would become impure., the house is pure since he handed to him only the guarding of the key.” It was stated438Tosephta Ṭahorot 8:1. He implies, against the othet Tanna, that handing over the key implies permission to use the house.: “Rebbi Simeon declares impure.”
