הלכות טומאת מת י״חDefilement by a Corpse 18

Halacha 1א׳

אָדָם שֶׁהֶאֱהִיל בְּיָדוֹ אַחַת עַל הַמֵּת וְהֶאֱהִיל בַּשְּׁנִיָּה עַל הַכֵּלִים אוֹ שֶׁנָּגַע בְּמֵת וְהֶאֱהִיל עַל הַכֵּלִים אִם יֵשׁ בְּיָדוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח הַכֵּלִים טְמֵאִין וְאִם לָאו טְהוֹרִין. וְכֵן שְׁנֵי בָּתִּים וּבָהֶם שְׁנֵי חֲצָאֵי זֵיתִים וּפָשַׁט יָדוֹ לְבַיִת זֶה וְיָדוֹ הַשְּׁנִיָּה לַבַּיִת הַשֵּׁנִי אִם יֵשׁ בְּיָדוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח עֵרֵב אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה וְנַעֲשָׂה הַכּל כְּאֹהֶל אֶחָד וְנִטְמָא הוּא וְהַבָּתִּים. וְאִם לָאו אֵינוֹ מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה:

A person who overshadowed a corpse with one of his hands and overshadowed vessels with the other, or who touched a corpse and overshadowed vessels — if there is in his hand an opening of a handbreadth, the vessels are impure; and if not, they are pure. So too two houses in which there are two halves of an olive's bulk, and he stretched out his hand into this house and his other hand into the second house — if there is in his hand an opening of a handbreadth, he has mixed the impurity together and the whole has become as one tent, and he and the houses have become impure. And if not, he does not bring the impurity.

Halacha 2ב׳

אָדָם שֶׁהִשְׁקִיף בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן וְהֶאֱהִיל עַל הַטֻּמְאָה מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה לַבַּיִת וְנִטְמָא כָּל הַבַּיִת. הָיָה מֻטָּל עַל הָאַסְקֻפָּה וּמִקְצָתוֹ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת וּמִקְצָתוֹ בַּחוּץ וְהֶאֱהִילָה טֻמְאָה עַל מִקְצָתוֹ שֶׁבַּחוּץ הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָאָדָם חָלוּל וְיֵשׁ בּוֹ גֹּבַהּ טֶפַח וְכֵיוָן שֶׁהֶאֱהִילָה טֻמְאָה עָלָיו הֲרֵי זֶה כְּמַאֲהִיל עָלֶיהָ וּמֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה. וְכֵן אִם הָיְתָה טֻמְאָה בַּבַּיִת וְהֶאֱהִילוּ טְהוֹרִין עַל מִקְצָתוֹ שֶׁבַּחוּץ הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְמֵאִין מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כְּמַאֲהִיל עַל הַטֻּמְאָה וְהָאָדָם מֵבִיא וְאֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאַרְנוּ:

A person who looked out through the window and overshadowed the impurity brings the impurity into the house, and the whole house has become impure. If he was lying upon the threshold with part of him inside the house and part of him outside, and impurity overshadowed the part of him that is outside, the house is impure — since a man is hollow and there is in him the height of a handbreadth, and once impurity has overshadowed him, this is as one who overshadows it, and he brings the impurity. So too if there was impurity in the house and pure persons overshadowed the part of him that is outside, these are impure, since he is as one who overshadows the impurity; and a person brings and does not interpose, as we have explained.

Halacha 3ג׳

נוֹשְׂאֵי הַמֵּת שֶׁעָבְרוּ בּוֹ תַּחַת הָאַכְסַדְרָה וְהֵגִיף אֶחָד מֵהֶן אֶת הַדֶּלֶת וּסְמָכוֹ בְּמַפְתֵּחַ כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִטַּמֵּא הַבַּיִת. וְכֵן אִם הָיָה אָדָם מִבִּפְנִים אוֹ מִבַּחוּץ סוֹמֵךְ הַדֶּלֶת. אִם יָכוֹל הַדֶּלֶת לַעֲמֹד בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. וְאִם לָאו הַבַּיִת טָמֵא לְפִי שֶׁנִּמְצָא הָאָדָם הוּא שֶׁחָצַץ בִּפְנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה וְהָאָדָם וְהַכֵּלִים מְבִיאִין וְאֵינָן חוֹצְצִין כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאַרְנוּ:

The bearers of a corpse who passed with it under the portico, and one of them shut the door and propped it with a key so that the house should not become impure; and so too if a person, whether from within or from without, was propping the door — if the door is able to stand of itself, the house is pure; and if not, the house is impure, since it turns out that it is the person who interposed before the impurity, and a person and vessels bring and do not interpose, as we have explained.