Ohalos 15:4-5

Ohalos 15:4

Let’s say that a house has been partitioned by boards or curtains, either from the sides or from the rafters. If there’s ritual impurity in the house, then utensils on the other side of the partition remain clean. If there’s impurity on the other side of the partition, utensils in the house are rendered unclean. Regarding utensils on the other side of the partition, if there’s an opening of a handbreadth there, they are rendered unclean; if not, they remain clean.

Ohalos 15:5

Let’s say that the house was partitioned from the floor. If there’s ritual impurity beneath the partition, utensils in the house are rendered unclean. If there’s impurity in the house, utensils beneath the partition remain clean if there’s an opening of a cubic handbreadth. If this isn’t the case, they are rendered unclean because the ground of a house is like the house, all the way down to the depths.