Audio by Dovid Stern

Mishnah Oholot 10:3: If part of the impurity was in the house and part of it was opposite the hatch, the house is impure and opposite the impurity is impure, says Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says, the house is impure but opposite the impurity is pure. Rabbi Yosi says, if the impurity is large enough to split it up and make the house impure and opposite the impurity impure, it is impure, but if not, the house is impure and opposite the impurity is pure.

מִקְצָת טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת וּמִקְצָתָהּ כְּנֶגֶד אֲרֻבָּה, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, וּכְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָמֵא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אִם יֵשׁ בַּטֻּמְאָה כְדֵי שֶׁתֵּחָלֵק וּתְטַמֵּא אֶת הַבַּיִת וּתְטַמֵּא כְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה, טָמֵא. וְאִם לָאו, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא, כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָהוֹר:

Mishnah Oholot 10:4: Hatches, one on top of the other, that have a handbreadth's space, if there is impurity in the house, opposite the hatches is pure. If there is impurity opposite the hatches, the house is pure. Whether the impurity is in the house or opposite the hatches, if he put something which is susceptible to impurity whether above or below, everything is impure. Something which is not susceptible to impurity, below it is impure but above it is pure.

אֲרֻבּוֹת זוֹ עַל גַּב זוֹ, וְיֵשׁ בָּהֶן פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, כְּנֶגֶד אֲרֻבּוֹת טָהוֹר. טֻמְאָה כְנֶגֶד אֲרֻבּוֹת, הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. הַטֻּמְאָה בֵּין בַּבַּיִת בֵּין כְּנֶגֶד אֲרֻבּוֹת, נָתַן דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, בֵּין מִלְמַעְלָן בֵּין מִלְּמַטָּן, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. וְדָבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, מִמֶּנּוּ וּלְמַטָּן, טָמֵא. מִמֶּנּוּ וּלְמַעְלָן, טָהוֹר:

To subscribe click here To unsubscribe, click here
To view our archived/previous mesechtos click here
To learn about our program for Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi click here