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Mishnah Oholot 12:7: A column which was standing in the open air, if it has twenty-four handbreadths in its perimeter, it spreads impurity underneath its sides, if not the impurity pierces and goes up, pierces and goes down.

עַמּוּד שֶׁהוּא מֻטָּל לָאֲוִיר, אִם יֵשׁ בְּהֶקֵּפוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים, מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה תַחַת דָּפְנוֹ. וְאִם לָאו, טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרָדֶת:

Mishnah Oholot 12:8: If [a piece the size of] an olive of a corpse was stuck to a threshold, Rabbi Eliezer declares the house impure, but Rabbi Yehoshua declares [it] pure. If it was placed under the threshold, it follows the rule of half and half. If it was stuck to the lintel, the house is impure, Rabbi Yossi declares [it] pure. If it was placed inside the house, one who touches the lintel is impure. One who touches the threshold, Rabbi Eliezer declares [him] impure but Rabbi Yehoshua says from a handbreadth down, he is pure, from a handbreadth up, he is impure.

כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת מֻדְבָּק לָאַסְקֻפָּה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַמֵּא אֶת הַבָּיִת. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מְטַהֵר. הָיָה נָתוּן תַּחַת הָאַסְקֻפָּה, יִדּוֹן מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה. מֻדְבָּק לַמַּשְׁקוֹף, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מְטַהֵר. הָיָה נָתוּן בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּמַּשְׁקוֹף, טָמֵא. הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאַסְקֻפָּה, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַמֵּא. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַטָּן, טָהוֹר. מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַעְלָן, טָמֵא:

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