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Mishnah Oholot 11:8: If a cistern was in a house and a candlestick was inside it and its flower-shaped ornament was sticking out and a basket [which is unable to become impure] was placed over it in a way that if the candlestick would be taken out the basket would stand on the mouth of the cistern, the House of Shammai say the cistern is pure but the candlestick is impure. The House of Hillel say even the candlestick is pure. And they agree that [if the basket was placed in a way that] if the candlestick would be taken out the basket would fall, everything is impure.

הֶחָדוּת שֶׁבַּבַּיִת וּמְנוֹרָה בְתוֹכוֹ, וְהַפֶּרַח שֶׁלָּהּ יוֹצֵא וּכְפִישָׁה נְתוּנָה עָלָיו, שֶׁאִם תִּנָּטֵל הַמְּנוֹרָה וּכְפִישָׁה עוֹמֶדֶת עַל פִּי הֶחָדוּת, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, הֶחָדוּת טָהוֹר, וּמְנוֹרָה טְמֵאָה. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אַף הַמְּנוֹרָה טְהוֹרָה. וּמוֹדִים, שֶׁאִם תִּנָּטֵל הַמְּנוֹרָה וּכְפִישָׁה נוֹפֶלֶת, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

Mishnah Oholot 11:9: Vessels that are between the rims of a basket and the rims of a cistern, even until the depths, they are pure. If there was impurity there, the house would be impure. If there was impurity in the house, vessels in the walls of the cistern, if there was in their place a space that is a handbreadth by a handbreadth by a handbreadth height, they are pure, but if not they are impure. If the walls of the cistern were thicker than the house, in either case they are pure.

כֵּלִים שֶׁבֵּין שִׂפְתֵי כְפִישָׁה לְבֵין שִׂפְתֵי הֶחָדוּת, אֲפִלּוּ עַד הַתְּהוֹם, טְהוֹרִים. טֻמְאָה שָׁם, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, כֵּלִים שֶׁבְּכָתְלֵי הֶחָדוּת, אִם יֵשׁ בִּמְקוֹמָן טֶפַח עַל טֶפַח עַל רוּם טֶפַח, טְהוֹרִים. וְאִם לָאו, טְמֵאִים. אִם הָיוּ כָתְלֵי הֶחָדוּת רְחָבִים מִשֶּׁל בַּיִת, בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ טְהוֹרִים:

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