## Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot Chapter 9

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:1
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**כַּוֶּרֶת.** שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ שׁוּלַיִם, וּמַחְזֶקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה בְּלַח שֶׁהֵן כּוֹרַיִם בְּיָבֵשׁ שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה, וּמֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ בְּתוֹךְ הַפֶּתַח וּמִקְצָתָהּ בַּחוּץ וּמִקְצָתָהּ בַּבַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כוורת – that it has rims [at the bottom] and holds forty Se’ah in wet which are two KOR in dry, that it is susceptible to receive ritual defilement, and reclines on its side within the opening and part of it is outside and part of it is in the house.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:2
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**וּפִיהָ לַחוּץ.** וְשׁוּלֶיהָ לִפְנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ופיה לחוץ – and its rim is inside.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:3
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**כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ.** מִבַּחוּץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כזית מן המת נתון תחתיה – from outside.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:4
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**כֹּל שֶׁהוּא כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת.** אִם הַזַּיִת תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְכֵלִים עַל גַּבָּהּ כְּנֶגְדּוֹ, אוֹ הַזַּיִת עַל גַּבָּהּ וְכֵלִים תַּחְתֶּיהָ כְנֶגְדּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כל שהוא כנגד הזית – if the olive’s bulk [of the corpse] is underneath it and vessels are on top of it opposite it, or the olive’s bulk [of the corpse] is upon it and vessels are underneath it opposite it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:5
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**תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְגַבָּהּ טָמֵא.** אֲבָל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר. דְּאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהַכַּוֶּרֶת מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, אֵינָהּ מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְגַבָּהּ כְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת שֶׁל טֻמְאָה. דְּעַל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ דִּין הוּא שֶׁתַּצִּיל, דַּאֲפִלּוּ מֻנַּחַת בְּאֹהֶל הַמֵּת מַצֶּלֶת בְּצָמִיד פָּתִיל, כֵּיוָן שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה, אֲבָל מַה שֶּׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְשֶׁעַל גַּבָּהּ אֵינָהּ מַצֶּלֶת כֵּיוָן דִּכְלִי הִיא, כְּדִתְנַן לְעֵיל פֶּרֶק ו'‏ אָדָם וְכֵלִים נַעֲשִׂים אֹהָלִים לְטַמֵּא אֲבָל לֹא לְטַהֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
תחתיה וגבה טמא – but what is within it is ritually pure. For even though the hive protects over what is within it, it does not protect on what is underneath it or on top of it opposite the olive’s bulk of defilement, for on what is within it, it is the law that it protects, for even if it is placed in the tent of a corpse it protects with a tightly-sealed cover/airtight lid, since it is not susceptible to receive ritual defilement, but what is underneath it and on its back it does not protect since it is a vessel, as is taught in the Mishnah above in Chapter 6 {Mishnah 1]: “Humans and vessels are made into tents to defile, but not to purify.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:6
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**וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת תּוֹכָהּ וְהַבַּיִת טָהוֹר.** הָכִי קָאָמַר, כֵּלִים שֶׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְגַבָּהּ שֶׁאֵינָן כְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת שֶׁל טֻמְאָה, וְתוֹכָהּ כְּלוֹמַר כֵּלִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵן כְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, וְכֵלִים נַמִּי שֶׁבַּבַּיִת, הַכֹּל טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
וכל שאינו כנגד הזית תוכה והבית טהור – this is what he said: vessels that are underneath it and on top of it that are not opposite the olive’s bulk of defilement, and within it, meaning to say, vessels that are within it and even if hey are opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement], and vessels also that are in the house, everything is ritually pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:7
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**בַּבַּיִת אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת.** אִם הַכַּזַּיִת בַּבַּיִת אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת, אֲבָל הַכֵּלִים שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הַכַּוֶּרֶת טְהוֹרִים, דְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בבית אין טמא אלא הבית – if the olive’s bulk [of defilement] is in the house, there is nothing ritually impure other than the house, but the vessels that within the hive are pure, for its mouth is towards the outside.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:1:8
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**בְּתוֹכָהּ הַכֹּל טָמֵא.** אִם הַכַּזַּיִת בְּתוֹךְ הַכַּוֶּרֶת, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. דִּבְכַוֶּרֶת שֶׁהִיא נְקוּבָה מִן הַדְּפָנוֹת בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח עָסְקִינַן, כִּדְבָעִינַן לְמֵימַר לְקַמָּן [מִשְׁנָה ג'], אֶלָּא שֶׁהַנְּקָבִים פְּקוּקִים בְּקַשׁ וְאֵין הַסְּתִימָה מְהֻדֶּקֶת, וְדֶרֶךְ הַנְּקָבִים יוֹצְאָה הַטֻּמְאָה לַבַּיִת כֵּיוָן דְּלֹא מִהַדְּקֵי, וַאֲפִלּוּ כֵּלִים שֶׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְשֶׁעַל גַּבָּהּ מִבַּחוּץ טְמֵאִים, דְּכֵיוָן שֶׁהַזַּיִת בְּתוֹכָהּ רוֹאִין אוֹתָהּ כְּאִלּוּ הִיא מְלֵאָה טֻמְאָה, וְאֵין כְּלִי מַצִּיל עַל מַה שֶּׁתַּחְתָּיו וְעַל גַּבָּיו. אֲבָל כְּשֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה בַּבַּיִת, אֲמַרַן לְעֵיל דְּאֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת, שֶׁאֵין הַטֻּמְאָה נִכְנֶסֶת בַּכַּוֶּרֶת דֶּרֶךְ נְקָבִים אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, הוֹאִיל וְהֵן פְּקוּקִים, וְדֶרֶךְ פִּיהָ אֵינָהּ נִכְנֶסֶת שֶׁהֲרֵי פִּיהָ לַחוּץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בתוכה הכל טמא – if the olive’s bulk [of defilement] is within the hive, everything is ritually defiled, for we are dealing with a hive which is perforated from the walls with an opening of a handbreadth, as we are required to state further on [Mishnah 3] but rather that the incisions/holes are stopped up with straw, but the closing is not fastened, and it is the manner of the holes/incisions that the defilement goes out to the house since they are not fastened, and even vessels that are under it and on top of from the outside are ritually impure, for since the olive’s bulk [of defilement] we see it as is if it is filled with defilement, and a vessel cannot protect what is underneath it or on top of it. But when the defilement is in the house, we stated above [in this Mishnah] that there is no defilement other than the house, for the defilement does not enter in the hive through the incisions/holes even though they have an opening of a handbreadth, for since they are stuffed up, but it (i.e., the defilement) does not enter through its mouth for its mouth is towards the outside.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:2:1
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**הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח.** דְּעַכְשָׁיו יֵשׁ תַּחְתֶּיהָ אֹהֶל טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה גבוהה מן הארץ טפח – that now there is a tent of a handbreadth underneath it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:2:2
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**הַכֹּל טָמֵא.** דִּמְבִיאָה טֻמְאָה לַבַּיִת כֵּיוָן דִּגְבוֹהָה טֶפַח, וְכֵלִים שֶׁעַל גַּבָּהּ אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה נַמִּי טְמֵאִין וַאֲפִלּוּ בַּחוּץ, דְּתַחְתֶּיהָ כְּמַאן דְּמָלְיָא טֻמְאָה. וְאֵין מַצֶּלֶת עַל גַּבָּהּ, דְּאֵין כְּלִי מַצִּיל. וְכֵן אִם טֻמְאָה בַּבַּיִת נַמִּי הַכֹּל טָמֵא מֵהַאי טַעֲמָא, דְּאֹהֶל הַבַּיִת מֵבִיא טֻמְאָה לְתַחְתֶּיהָ וְאֵין מַצֶּלֶת עַל גַּבָּהּ. וְאִם טֻמְאָה עַל גַּבָּהּ, כֵּיוָן דְּאֵין מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ, רוֹאִים תַּחְתֶּיהָ כְּמַאן דְּמָלְיָא טֻמְאָה, הִלְכָּךְ מַה שֶּׁבַּבַּיִת וּמַה שֶּׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ וּמַה שֶּׁעַל גַּבָּהּ הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הכל טמא – that it brings the defilement into the house since it is a handbreadth high, and vessels that are on top of it, even those that are not opposite the defilement are also impure and even outside, for underneath it is like one that is full of defilement. And it doesn’t protect what on top of it, for the vessel does not protect. And similarly, if the defilement is also in the house everything is ritually impure from this reason, for the tent of the house brings the defilement to what is underneath it and doesn’t protect that which is on top of it. But if the defilement is on top of it, since it doesn’t protect over what is underneath it, we view what is beneath it as one that is filled with defilement, therefore, whatever is in the house and what is underneath it and what is on top of it -everything is impure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:2:3
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**אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ.** כְּלוֹמַר הַכֹּל טָמֵא חוּץ מִמַּה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ שֶׁטָּהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אלא תוכה -that is to say, everything is impure except for what is within it (i.e., the house) which is pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:1
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**בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כְלִי.** שֶׁלֹּא נִפְחֲתָה וְלֹא נִתְבַּטְּלָה מִתּוֹרַת כְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בזמן שהוא כלי – that it was not hollowed out and was not nullified from the category of being a vessel. -


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:2
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**מְחֻלְחָלֶת.** שֶׁהַדְּפָנוֹת נְקוּבוֹת בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח. שֶׁרְגִילִים לַעֲשׂוֹת נְקָבִים בְּדָפְנוֹת הַכַּוֶּרֶת כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּכָּנְסוּ הַדְּבוֹרִים וְיֵצְאוּ, וּפְעָמִים שֶׁהַנְּקָבִים פְּקוּקִים בְּקַשׁ, אֶלָּא דְהַפְּקָק לֹא מִהַדַּק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מחולחלת (hollowed out – not packed entirely) – that the walls are perforated with an opening of a handbreadth. They normally make incisions in the walls of the hive in order the bees can enter and depart, and sometimes that the incisions/holes are stopped up with straw but that the stopper is not fastened tightly.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:3
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**הָיְתָה פְחוּתָה.** שֶׁנִּפְחֲתָה וְנִתְבַּטְּלָה מִתּוֹרַת כְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה פחותה (if it was damaged) – that it was broken through/hollowed out and voided from the category of a vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:4
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**וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ.** בִּמְקוֹם הַפְּחִיתָה. וְדָפְנוֹתֶיהָ שְׁלֵמוֹת שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְחֻלְחֶלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ופקוקה בקש – in the place of the hollowing out. But its walls are complete that they are not hollowed out.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:5
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**אוֹ אֲפוּצָה.** אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ אֵין דָּפְנוֹתֶיהָ שְׁלֵמוֹת אֶלָּא שֶׁאֲפוּצָה, כְּלוֹמַר סְתוּמָה בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁהִיא מְחֻלְחֶלֶת וְאֵין בָּהּ חִלְחוּל טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או אפוצה (or made narrower by squeezing the parts together – i.e., pressing the lid down) – or even if its walls were not complete but rather that it was made narrowed, meaning to say, that it was closed in the place where it is hollowed out/not packed entirely, and there isn’t a handbreadth of hollowed out area.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:6
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**כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הַתְּהוֹם טָמֵא.** וְכָל הַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר. דְּכֵיוָן דְּלָאו כְּלִי הוּא חֲשׁוּב כְּאֹהֶל לְהַצִּיל תּוֹכָהּ וְעַל גַּבָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כנגדו עד התהום טמא – but all of the rest is pure. For since it is not considered a vessel like a tent to protect what is inside it and what is on top of it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:7
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**עַל גַּבָּהּ.** אִם כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן עַל גַּבָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
על גבה – if an olive’s bulk from a corpse is placed on top of it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:8
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**כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא.** וְכָל הַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר, דְּמַצֶּלֶת תּוֹכָהּ וְתַחְתֶּיהָ. כֵּיוָן דְּלָאו כְּלִי הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כנגדו עד הרקיע טמא – but all of the rest of pure, for it protects what is inside of it and what is below it. Since it is not a vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:9
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**בַּבַּיִת.** אִם כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת בַּבַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בבית – if an olive’s bulk from the corpse is in the house.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:10
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**אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת.** וְכָל הַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר, דְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אין טמא אלא הבית – and all of the rest is pure, for its opening/mouth is outside.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:11
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**בְּתוֹכָהּ.** אִם כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת בַּבַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בתוכה – if the olive’s bulk from the corpse is within it (i.e., inside).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:3:12
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**אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ.** וְכָל הַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר. דְּאֵין טֻמְאָה נִכְנֶסֶת לַבַּיִת כֵּיוָן דְּאֵינָהּ מְחֻלְחֶלֶת וּפִיהָ לַחוּץ. וּמַצֶּלֶת נַמִּי עַל מַה שֶּׁתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְעַל גַּבָּהּ, כֵּיוָן דְּלָאו כְּלִי הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אין טמא אלא תוכה – and all the rest is pure, for the defilement does not enter into the house because it is not hollowed out and its mouth is towards the outside, and it protects also over what is underneath it and what is on top of it, since It is not a vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:4:1
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**תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְהַבַּיִת טָמֵא.** דִּמְבִיאִין טֻמְאָה מִזֶּה לָזֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
תחתיה והבית טמא – for they bring the defilement from this (i.e., underneath the house) to that (i.e., the house).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:4:2
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**תּוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר.** מַה שֶּׁבִּפְנִים, כֵּיוָן דְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ. וְגַבָּהּ נַמִּי טָהוֹר, דְּמַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁבַּחוּץ כֵּיוָן דְּלָאו כְּלִי הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
תוכה טהור – that which is inside [the house], since the its walls are outside, and what is on top of it is also pure, for it protects on what is outside, for it is not a vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:4:3
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**בְּתוֹכָהּ.** אִם הַטֻּמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בתוכה – if the defilement is within it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:4:4
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**אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ.** וְכָל הַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אין טמא אלא תוכה – and all the rest is ritually pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:5:1
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**הָיָה פִיהָ לִפְנִים.** שֶׁהָיְתָה מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ וְשׁוּלֶיהָ לַחוּץ וּפִיהָ בִּפְנִים. וְהַשְׁתָּא מַיְרֵי בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כְּלִי מְחֻלְחֶלֶת וְאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח. וְאֵין חִלּוּק בֵּין פִּיהָ לַחוּץ לְפִיהָ לִפְנִים, אֶלָּא דְפִיהָ לַחוּץ קָתָנֵי לְעֵיל בַּבַּיִת אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת, וְהָכָא דְּפִיהָ לִפְנִים קָתָנֵי הַכֹּל טָמֵא, מִשּׁוּם דְּנִכְנֶסֶת טֻמְאָה דֶּרֶךְ פִּיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היה פיה לפנים – that it was leaning on its side and its rims were outside and its mouth was inside. For now, we are speaking of the time when it is a hollowed-out vessel and is not higher from the ground a handbreadth. But there is no distinction whether its mouth is outside or whether its mouth is inside, but that when its mouth is outside as is taught above (i.e., Mishnah 4) regarding a house, nothing is impure other than the house, but here, when its mouth is inside, it (i.e., the Mishnah) teaches that everything is impure, because the defilement enters through its mouth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:6:1
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**הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה.** לְעֵיל דְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ קָתָנֵי טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בַבַּיִת [אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ], וְהָכָא דְפִיהָ לִפְנִים, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה גבוהה – above (see Mishnah 1), its walls are outside as its teaches [in the Mishnah] the defilement that is under it or in the house [or on top of it, everything is impure, other than what is within it,] but here its walls are within, everything is impure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:7:1
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**בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כְלִי מְחֻלְחָלֶת.** בְּחִנָּם נָקַט מְחֻלְחֶלֶת, דְּלֹא מַהֲנֵי מְחֻלְחֶלֶת אֶלָּא בְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ לְעִנְיַן הוֹצָאַת טֻמְאָה מִתּוֹכָהּ לַבַּיִת, וְהָכָא דְּפִיהָ לִפְנִים הֲרֵי יוֹצְאָה דֶּרֶךְ פִּיהָ. אֶלָּא אַיְדֵי דְתָנָא רֵישָׁא מְחֻלְחֶלֶת בַּהֲדֵי כְלִי נַקְטֵיהּ נַמִּי הָכָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בזמן שהוא כלי מחולחלת – freely, it (i.e., the Mishnah) took [the term] מחולחלת/hollow, loosely put in (i.e., not packed entirely) for it does not benefit being loosely put in other than its mouth being outside regarding the matter of removal of the defilement from within it to the house, but here, where its walls are inside, it (i.e., the defilement) goes out through its mouth. But since the first clause of the Mishnah taught מחולחלת/loosely put in (i.e., not packed entirely) while it is a vessel, it also took it (i.e., teaches it) here.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:7:2
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**כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הַתְּהוֹם טָמֵא.** וְהַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר. וּבְשֶׁאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח אַיְרֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כנגדו עד התהום טמא – but the rest is ritually pure. And we are speaking when it is not a handbreadth high from the ground.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:7:3
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**בְּתוֹכָהּ אוֹ בַבַּיִת תּוֹכָהּ וְהַבַּיִת טְמֵאִים.** מִשּׁוּם דְּפִיהָ לִפְנִים. אֲבָל לְעֵיל דְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ קָתָנֵי טֻמְאָה בַּבַּיִת אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת וְהַשְּׁאָר טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
תוכה או בבית תוכה והבית טמאים – because its walls are inside. But above (see Mishnah 1), where its walls are outside, it is taught that the defilement is in the house, there is no impurity other than in the house, but the rest is pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:8:1
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**אֶלָּא גַבָּהּ.** וְתוֹכָהּ טָמֵא כְּשֶׁהַטֻּמִאָה בַּבַּיִת, מִשּׁוּם דְּפִיהָ לִפְנִים. אֲבָל לְעֵיל דְּפִיהָ לַחוּץ, תּוֹכָהּ וְגַבָּהּ טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אלא גבה – but inside is impure when the defilement is in the house, because its walls are inside. But above (see Mishnah 1), its walls are outside, its inside and on top of it are pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:9:1
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**הָיְתָה מְמַלְּאָה אֶת כָּל הַבַּיִת.** שֶׁכֻּלָּהּ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת לִפְנִים וְיוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ וּפִיהָ מַגִּיעַ לִשְׁמֵי קוֹרָה, שֶׁאֵין בֵּינָהּ לַתִּקְרָה פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה ממלאה את כל הבית – for all of it (i.e., the defilement) is within the house inside and it sits on its rims and its mouth reaches the top of the beam, for there isn’t between it and the ceiling an opening of a handbreadth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:9:2
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**טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ הַבַּיִת טָמֵא טֻמְאָה בַּבַּיִת מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר.** מִידִי דַּהֲוָה אַבִּיב שֶׁהוּא קָמוּר תַּחַת הַבַּיִת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח וְאֵין בִּיצִיאָתוֹ פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח דִּתְנַן לְעֵיל בְּפֶרֶק ג':

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טומאה בתוכה הבית טמא אמא בבית מה שבתוכה טהור – since this resembles a pipe/gutter that is arched/bent over underneath the house, that has an opening of a handbreadth, and there isn’t in its exiting an opening of a handbreadth as is taught in the Mishnah above in Chapter 3 [Mishnah 7].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:9:3
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**בֵּין עוֹמֶדֶת.** כְּלוֹמַר, דִּין זֶה נוֹהֵג בֵּין עוֹמֶדֶת וּמַגַּעַת לַקּוֹרוֹת בֵּין מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ וְאֵין בֵּין פִּיהָ לְדֹפֶן הַבַּיִת פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בין עומדת – that is to say, this law is in vogue/practice whether it is standing and it reaches the beams, or whether it is lying on its side and there isn’t between its mouth and the wall of the house an opening of a handbreadth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:9:4
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**בֵּין אַחַת בֵּין שְׁתָּיִם.** זוֹ עַל זוֹ וְאֵין בֵּין פִּי הַשְּׁנִיָּה לַקּוֹרוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, וְכֵן אֵין בֵּין שׁוּלֵי הַשְּׁנִיָּה לְפִיהָ שֶׁל רִאשׁוֹנָה פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בין אחת בין שתים – this over that and there isn’t between the second opening to the beams an opening of a handbreadth, and similarly, there isn’t between the second rim and its mouth of the first an opening of a handbreadth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:10:1
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**הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר.** שֶׁהַמַּשְׁקוֹף יוֹרֵד וְסוֹתֵם אֶת פִּי הַכַּוֶּרֶת. וּבְכַוֶּרֶת שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְחֻלְחֶלֶת אַיְרֵי. דְּאִי בִמְחֻלְחֶלֶת, דֶּרֶךְ הַחִלְחוּל הָיְתָה טֻמְאָה יוֹצְאָה לַבַּיִת כְּכָל הָנֵי דִּלְעֵיל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הבית טהור – that the lintel descends and seals/stops up the mouth of the hive, and we are speaking of a case where the hive is not hollowed out. For if it is hollowed out, it is the manner of the hollowing out that the defilement would go out to the house like those mentioned above.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:10:2
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**טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר.** גָּרְסִינַן. שֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה יוֹצְאָה לַחוּץ וְאֵינָהּ נִכְנֶסֶת לַכַּוֶּרֶת. וּבְרֹב סְפָרִים גּוֹרְסִין, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָמֵא, לְפִי שֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה יוֹצְאָה מִן הַבַּיִת דֶּרֶךְ פִּתְחָהּ וּמְטַמֵּא מַה שֶּׁבַּכַּוֶּרֶת, וְהִיא עוֹמֶדֶת בְּתוֹךְ הַפֶּתַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טומאה בבית מה שבתוכה טהור – we have this reading. That the defilement goes outside and doesn’t enter in into the hive. But in most of the books we have the reading, that what is within it is impure because the defilement leaves from the house via its opening that defiles what is in the hive, and it stand within the doorway.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:11:1
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**בָּאֲוִיר.** בְּחָצֵר אוֹ בְגִנָּה שֶׁאֵין שָׁם אֹהֶל, וְדִינָהּ כְּדִין כַּוֶּרֶת שֶׁהִיא לְתוֹךְ הַפֶּתַח וּפִיהָ לַחוּץ כְּדִתְנַן בְּרֵישׁ פִּרְקִין. וְכֵן נַמִּי גְּבוֹהָה טֶפַח דְּהָכָא כִגְבוֹהָה טֶפַח דְּרֵישׁ פִּרְקִין, אֶלָּא דְּכָאן אֵין שַׁיָּךְ לְהַזְכִּיר בַּיִת, דִּבְעוֹמֶדֶת תַּחַת הָאֲוִיר עָסְקִינַן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
באויר – in the courtyard or in the garden, where there isn’t a tent there. And its law is like of the hive that is in the midst of the doorway and its mouth is outside, as it is taught in the Mishnah at the beginning of the chapter (see Mishnah 1). And similarly, also if it is above the ground by a handbreadth, like it is above the ground a handbreadth of here at the beginning of the chapter (see Mishnah 2). But that of here, it doesn’t belong to mention a house, for we are dealing with a case where one is standing underneath the airspace.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:12:1
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**בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כֶלִי.** הֵיכָא דְעוֹמֶדֶת בָּאֲוִיר אֵין שַׁיָּךְ לְהַזְכִּיר מְחֻלְחֶלֶת, וּמִשּׁוּם הָכִי לֹא תָנָא הָכָא אוֹ אֲפוּצָה כִּדְתָנֵי לְעֵיל, דְּאֵין שַׁיָּךְ אֲפוּצָה אֶלָּא בִּמְחֻלְחֶלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בזמן שהיא כלי – where it stands in the airspace it doesn’t belong to mention that which is loosely put in/hollow, and because of this, it does not teach here, “or it was made narrower by squeezing the parts together,” as is taught above (see Mishnah 3), for the issue of making it narrower by squeezing the parts together (i.e., pressing the lid down) only applies with something that is put in loosely.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:12:2
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**אוֹ מַחֲזֶקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה כְּדִבְרֵי חֲכָמִים.** דִּפְלִיגֵי אַתַּנָּא קַמָּא וְסָבְרֵי דְּמַחְזֶקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה, כְּנִפְחֲתָה וְנִתְבַּטְּלָה מִתּוֹרַת כְּלִי דָמְיָא, וּמַצֶּלֶת אַתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְאַתּוֹכָהּ וְעַל גַּבָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או מחזקת ארבעים סאה כדברי חכמים – which is in conflict with the first Tanna/teacher as he holds that it holds forty Se’ah. When it is damaged, it is voided from the status of being like a vessel, but it protects what is underneath it and within it and above it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:12:3
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**כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ.** דִּינָהּ כְּנִפְחֲתָה וְאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה וּפִיהָ לַחוּץ דִּתְנַן לְעֵיל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כזית מן המת נתון תחתיה – its law is like it is damaged and it is not [a handbreadth] high and its mouth is towards the outside, as it is taught in the Mishnah (see Mishnah 3) above.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:12:4
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**הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח.** הַךְ נַמִּי דִּינָהּ כְּדִין כַּוֶּרֶת שֶׁפִּיהָ לַחוּץ וּפְחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה וּגְבוֹהָה טֶפַח דִּתְנַן לְעֵיל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה גבוהה מן הארץ טפח – these also, its law is like that of a hive whose mouth is towards the outside and it is damaged and stuffed up [with straw] and above [the ground] a handbreadth as it is taught in the Mishnah (see Mishnah 5) above.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:13:1
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**הָיְתָה יוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ וֽכוּ'‏ טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בְתוֹכָהּ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ.** כָּל עַל גַּבָּהּ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ גַּבֵּי כַּוֶּרֶת כְּשֶׁהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ וּפִיהָ לְמַעְלָה, הַיְנוּ שֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה מַאֲהִיל חוּצָה [לָהּ] לְמַעְלָה מִפִּיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה יושבת על שוליה וכו' טומאה תחתיה או בתוכה או על גבה – everything that is on top of it. As we taught concerning the hive that is sitting on its rims and its mouth is above, that is, that the defilement overshadows outward [to it] above rom its mouth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:13:2
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**בּוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה.** אַף עַל גַּב דִּלְעֵיל בְּמֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ וְטֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, הָכָא דְפִיהָ לְמַעְלָה מֵאַחַר דְּאֵין מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁחוּצָה לָהּ אֵין מַצֶּלֶת עַל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, כֵּיוָן דְּאֵין הֶפְסֵק בֵּין אֲוִיר שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ לָאֲוִיר שֶׁל מַעְלָה בְּחוּצָה לָהּ. וְדַוְקָא כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת טָמֵא וְלֹא מִן הַצְּדָדִים, כֵּיוָן דִּפְחוּתָה וְאֵין גְּבוֹהָה טֶפַח, שֶׁאֵין שָׁם אֹהֶל לְהָבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה לַצְּדָדִין.

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בוקעת ועולה – even though above (see Mishnah 11) when it is lying on its side, and the defilement is underneath it, or on top of it, it protects what is inside of it, here its wall is above for it doesn’t protect over what is outside of it [also] doesn’t protect on what is within it, since there is no interruption between the airspace that is within it to the airspace that is above and outside of it. But specifically, opposite the olive’s bulk of impurity and not from the sides, since it is damaged and is not a handbreadth above the ground, for there is no tent there to bring the defilement to the sides.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:13:3
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**אֲבָל הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה טֶפַח אוֹ מְכֻסָּה.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָהּ גְּבוֹהָה טֶפַח.

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אבל היתה גבוהה טפח או מכוסה – even though it is not a handbreadth above [the ground].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:13:4
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**אוֹ כְפָאָהּ עַל פִּיהָ.** שֶׁיֵּשׁ אֹהֶל לְהָבִיא טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או כפאה על פיה (or turned upside down on its mouth) – where there is a tent to bring the defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:13:5
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**הַכֹּל טָמֵא.** וְאֵין הַכִּסּוּי חָשׁוּב לְהַפְסִיק בֵּין אֲוִיר תּוֹכָהּ לָאֲוִיר שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה, דְּלֹא דָמֵי כְלָל לְמֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ. וְדַוְקָא דִמְכֻסָּה בִכְפִישָׁה אוֹ בִשְׁאָר כְּלִי אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, אֲבָל מְכֻסָּה בְנֶסֶר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁטֻּמְאָה עַל גַּבָּהּ אֵין הַטֻּמְאָה בּוֹקַעַת אֶת הַנֶּסֶר, כְּדִתְנַן לְעֵיל פֶּרֶק ה'‏ [מִשְׁנָה ו'] גַּבֵּי כַוֶּרֶת שֶׁהִיא בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הכל טמא – and the covering is not considered to interrupt/form a partition between the airspace within it to the airspace that is above it, and it is not similar at all to lying on its side. And specially when it is covered with an inverted vessel – divided into two vessels by the bottom between or with other vessels even though it is not susceptible to receive ritual impurity, but when it is covered by a board, even though the defilement is above it, the defilement does not break through the board, as is taught in the Mishnah above in Chapter 5 [Mishnah 6] concerning a hive which is within the house.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:14:1
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**הָיְתָה פְחוּתָה.** שֶׁנִּפְחֲתָה וּבָטְלָה מִתּוֹרַת כְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
היתה פחותה – that it became damaged and it is voided from the category of being a vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:14:2
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**כְּדִבְרֵי חֲכָמִים.** דִּפְלִיגֵי אַתַּנָּא קַמָּא וּמַשְׁווּ מַחְזֶקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה לִפְחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כדברי חכמים – which is in conflict with the first Tanna/teacher and compares something that holds forty Se’ah to something that is damaged and stuffed with straw.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:14:3
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**אֵין טֻמְאָה עוֹלָה לָהּ.** בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אֵינָהּ עוֹלָה לְתוֹכָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אין טומאה עלוה לה – at the time that the defilement is below it, it does not ascend into it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:14:4
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**אַף לֹא יוֹרֶדֶת מִמֶּנָּה.** בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה לְתוֹכָהּ אֵינָהּ יוֹרֶדֶת תַּחְתֶּיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אף לא יורדת ממנה - at the time that the defilement is within it, it doesn’t descend underneath it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:14:5
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**תַּחְתֶּיהָ טָמֵא.** וְתוֹכָהּ וְגַבָּהּ טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
תחתיה טמא – but inside it/within it and on top of it, it is pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:14:6
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**כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא.** אֲבָל תַּחְתֶּיהָ טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כנגדו עד הרקיע טמא – but underneath it is pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:1
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**אָרוֹן שֶׁהִיא רְחָבָה.** הַאי אָרוֹן הוּא שֵׁן סֶלַע שֶׁבּוֹלֵט מִן הָהָר, וְנֶחְצַב בּוֹ קֶבֶר רָחָב מִלְּמַטָּה וְצַר מִלְּמַעְלָה וּפִיו לְמַעְלָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ארון שהיא רחבה – this bier/casket is a cliff/peak of a rock that protrudes from the mountain and is hewn/chiseled into a bier that is wide from the bottom and narrow from the top and its mouth is above.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:2
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**הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִלְּמַטָּן טָהוֹר.** דְּמַה שֶּׁכְּנֶגֶד פִּיו נֶחְשָׁב כְּאָרוֹן, אֲבָל שֶׁבַּצְּדָדִים לֹא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הנוגע בה מלמטה טהור – for what is opposite its mouth is considered like the bier/casket, but not that which is on the sides.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:3
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**רָחָב מִלְּמַעְלָה וְצַר מִלְּמַטָּה.** אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה שָׁוֶה, הַנּוֹגֵעַ בּוֹ מִכָּל מָקוֹם טָמֵא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. שֶׁהַכִּסּוּי מְבַקֵּעַ הַטֻּמְאָה בְכֻלּוֹ, שֶׁהַטֻּמְאָה עוֹלָה עַד הַכִּסּוּי וְחוֹזֶרֶת וְיוֹרֶדֶת עַל פְּנֵי כֻלָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
‘רחב מלמעלה וצר מלמטה – or that it was equivalent, a person who touches it from any place is impure, according to the words of Rabbi Eliezer. For the covering splits the defilement in all of it, that the defilement ascends up to the covering and returns and descends over the face of all of it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:4
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**רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מְטַהֵר מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַטָּה.** דְּאֵין נֶחְשָׁב כְּאָרוֹן אֶלָּא טֶפַח הַסָּמוּךְ לַחֲלַל הָאָרוֹן, הִלְכָּךְ אֵינָהּ בּוֹקַעַת מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַטָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
רבי יהושע מטהר – that it is not considered like a bier/coffin other than the handbreadth that is nearest to the cavity of the bier/coffin. Therefore, it does not burst forth from a handbreadth and below.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:5
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**הָעֲשׂוּיָה כְמִין קַמְטְרָא.** הוּא כְלִי שֶׁכִּסּוּיוֹ מְכַסֶּה עֳבִי הַדְּפָנוֹת. תַּרְגּוּם לַאֲשֶׁר עַל הַמֶּלְתָּחָה (מלכים ב י), לְדִמְמַנָּא עַל קֻמְטְרַיָּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
העשויה כמין קמטרא (that is made like a chest/box – for clothes, books) – it is vessel whose covering covers the thickness of the walls. It is the Aramaic for (II Kings 10:22): “He [Jehu] said to the man in charge of the wardrobe: [“Bring out the vestments for all the worshippers of Baal],” for the one appointed over the chest/box.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:6
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**הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִכָּל מָקוֹם טָמֵא.** דְּכָל שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הַכִּסּוּי טָמֵא, וְכִסּוּיוֹ מְכַסֶּה אֶת כֻּלּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הנוגע בה מכל מקום טמא – for all that is opposite the covering is impure, for its covering covers all of it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:7
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**כְּמִין גְּלוֹסְקוֹס הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִכָּל מָקוֹם טָהוֹר.** אֵין כִּסּוּי שֶׁלּוֹ אֶלָּא כְנֶגֶד חֲלָלוֹ, כְּיָתֵד הַתָּחוּב בְּנֶקֶב בְּדֹחַק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כמין גלוסקוס הנוגע בה מכל מקום טהור – its covering is not other than opposite its cavity like a peg that is inserted in a hole/incision in an emergency.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:15:8
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**חוּץ מִמְּקוֹם פְּתִיחָתָהּ.** בַּכִּסּוּי שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד חֲלָלָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
חוץ ממקום פתחתה – with a covering that is opposite its cavity.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:1
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**חָבִית שֶׁהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת.** חָבִיּוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶן צָרוֹת לְמַעְלָה לְצַד פִּיהֶן, וּלְמַטָּה לְצַד הַשּׁוּלַיִם, וּרְחָבוֹת בְּאֶמְצָעָן, וּכְמִין בֶּטֶן רָחָב בּוֹלֵט מֵהֶן בְּאֶמְצָעָן מִבַּחוּץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
חבית שהיא יושבת – their jars are narrow above to the side of the their mouths, and below to the side of the rims and wide in their middles, and they are like a kind of wide stomach that protrudes from them in their middles from the outside.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:2
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**בָּאֲוִיר.** הַיְנוּ בַּאֲוִיר הָעוֹלָם. לַאֲפוֹקֵי תַחַת הָאֹהֶל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
באויר – that is, in the airspace of the world, to exclude that which is under the tent.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:3
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**קוּרְקוּרָתָהּ.** כְּמוֹ קַרְקָעִיתָהּ, וְהֵן הַשּׁוּלַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
קורקורתה (rimmed bottom of a vessel – corresponding to the bottom – under or on the rim of its bottom) – like its bottom and they are its rims.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:4
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**בּוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרֶדֶת.** וְכָל כֵּלִים שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת טְמֵאִים, בֵּין תַּחְתֶּיהָ בֵּין עַל גַּבָּהּ בֵּין בְּתוֹכָהּ, מִידִי דַהֲוֵי אַכַּוֶּרֶת דִּלְעֵיל [מִשְׁנָה י"ג] הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ. אֲבָל שֶׁבַּצְּדָדִים שֶׁלֹּא כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת טְהוֹרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בוקעת ועולה בוקעת ויורד – and all the vessels that are opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement] are ritually impure, whether undeath it or whether above it or whether within it, something that is like the hive that is above [Mishnah 13] that sits o its rims. But that which is on the sides which is not opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement] are pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:5
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**וְהֶחָבִית טְמֵאָה.** לֹא שֶׁתְּהֵא הֶחָבִית עַצְמָהּ טְמֵאָה, דְּהָא הָכָא בְחָבִית שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה עָסְקִינַן כִּדְמוֹכַח בְּסֵיפָא, אֶלָּא הֶחָבִית טְמֵאָה כְּלוֹמַר אַף כֵּלִים שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ הֶחָבִית כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טְמֵאִים, מִשּׁוּם דִּסְתָם חָבִית פִּיהָ רָחָב כְּשִׁעוּר קוּרְקוּרָתָהּ, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁאֵין הֶפְסֵק בֵּין אֲוִיר תּוֹכָהּ לָאֲוִיר שֶׁעַל גַּבָּהּ לְמַעְלָה חוּצָה לָהּ, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁאֵינָהּ מַצֶּלֶת חוּצָה לָהּ אֵין מַצֶּלֶת בְּתוֹכָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והחבית טמאה – not that the jar itself is impure but we are dealing here with a jar that is not susceptible to receive ritual defilement as will be proven in the concluding clause [of the Mishnah], but that the jar is impure, meaning to say, even vessels that are outside of the jar opposite the defilement are impure, because a mere vessel,its mouth is wide like the measurement of its rimmed bottom and because there is no interruption between the airspace of its inside to the airspace that is on top of it above it [and] outside of it, because it doesn’t protect what is outside of it, it doesn’t protect what is inside/within it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:6
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**תַּחַת דָּפְנָהּ מִבַּחוּץ טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרֶדֶת.** וְטָמֵא חוּץ לֶחָבִית כָּל שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
תחת דופנה מבחוץ טומאה בוקעת ועולה בוקעת ויורדת – and anything that is opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement] is impure outside of the jar.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:7
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**וְהֶחָבִית טְהוֹרָה.** הַיְנוּ מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹךְ הֶחָבִית אֲפִלּוּ כְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת. דְּדָפְנֵי הֶחָבִית בּוֹלְטוֹת בָּאֶמְצַע, וּכְשֶׁיֵּשׁ כַּזַּיִת תַּחַת הַדֹּפֶן דָּמֵי דָפְנָהּ לְכַוֶּרֶת שֶׁהִיא מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ דְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר, לְפִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ הֶפְסֵק בֵּין אֲוִיר תּוֹכָהּ שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת לָאֲוִיר שֶׁחוּצָה לָהּ כְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והחבית טהורה – that is, what is within the jar, even opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement] for the walls of the jar protrude in the middle and when there is an olive’s bulk [of defilement] under the wall, its wall is similar to the hive which is lying on its side, that is inside is pure, because there is an interruption between the airspace of the inside that is opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement] to the airspace that is outside of opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:8
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**בְּתוֹכָהּ וְתַחַת דָּפְנָהּ.** כְּלוֹמַר בִּפְנִים בַּחֲלַל דָּפְנָהּ. וְקָרֵי לַהּ תַּחַת דָּפְנָהּ, לְפִי שֶׁהַדֹּפֶן הוֹלֵךְ וְצַר לְצַד פִּיהָ. וְלַאֲפוֹקֵי עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ הַמְכֻוָּן כְּנֶגֶד פִּיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בתוכה ותחת דופנה – that is to say inside the cavity of its wall. We call it underneath its wall, because the wall goes and becomes narrow to the side of its mouth. And this excludes on its rim that is directed corresponding/opposite to its mouth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:9
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**אִם יֵשׁ בַּדְּפָנוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח.** שֶׁבֶּטֶן הֶחָבִית בּוֹלֵט כָּל כָּךְ לַחוּץ שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד עַד כְּנֶגֶד פִּיהָ שֶׁל חָבִית טֶפַח עַל טֶפַח בְּרוּם טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אם יש בדפנות פותח טפח – that the belly of jar protrudes so much outward that there is in one place up until corresponding with the mouth of the jar a cubic handbreadth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:10
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**הַכֹּל טָמֵא.** שֶׁהָאֹהֶל מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה בְּכָל הֶחָבִית חוּץ מִכְּנֶגֶד פִּיהָ שֶׁאֵין שָׁם אֹהֶל, הִלְכָּךְ כְּנֶגֶד פִּיהָ טָהוֹר:


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:11
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**וְאִם לָאו.** דְּאֵין שָׁם טֶפַח:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ואם לאו – but if there isn’t there a handbreadth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:12
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**טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה.** וְאֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא כְּנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טומאה בוקעת ועולה – and it is not impure other than opposite the olive’s bulk [of defilement].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:13
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**בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים בִּטְהוֹרָה.** בְּחָבִית שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
במה דברים אמורים בטהורה – with a jar that is not susceptible to receiving ritual impurity.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:14
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**אֲבָל אִם הָיְתָה טְמֵאָה.** כְּגוֹן סְתָם חָבִית שֶׁנִּצְרְפָה בְּכִבְשָׁן שֶׁהִיא מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אבל אם היתה טמאה – as for example, a mere jar that was smelted in a kiln/furnace, which does receive defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:15
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**אוֹ גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח אוֹ מְכֻסָּה אוֹ כְפוּיָה.** וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא טְהוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או גבוהה אן הארץ טפח או מכוסה או כפויה – and even if it is pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 9:16:16
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**וְטֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בְתוֹכָהּ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא.** דְּאִי בַּת קַבּוֹלֵי טֻמְאָה הִיא וְיוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ וְטֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בְתוֹכָהּ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין כְּלִי חֶרֶס מִטַּמֵּא מִגַּבּוֹ נִטְמֵאת כָּאן הֶחָבִית עַצְמָהּ, מִידִי דַהֲוֵי אַכֵּלִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, מֵאַחַר שֶׁאֵינָהּ מֻקֶּפֶת צָמִיד פָּתִיל, דְּאֵין כְּלִי מַצִּיל אֲפִלּוּ עַל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכוֹ אֶלָּא עִם דָּפְנוֹת אֹהָלִים בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין הֶפְסֵק מֵאֲוִיר תּוֹכוֹ לָאֲוִיר שֶׁחוּצָה לוֹ. וְהַאי תַּחְתֶּיהָ הַיְנוּ תַּחַת שׁוּלֶיהָ, דְּלֹא תָנֵי תַחַת דָּפְנָהּ מִבַּחוּץ. וְנִטְמֵאת הֶחָבִית עַצְמָהּ, וְכֵיוָן דְּחָבִית עַצְמָהּ טְמֵאָה הִיא נִטְמְאוּ כָּל כֵּלִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא כְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה, דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּקַיְמָא לָן דְּאֵין אָדָם וְכֵלִים מִטַּמְּאִין מֵאֲוִיר כְּלִי חֶרֶס, הָכָא כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהַזַּיִת תַּחְתֶּיהָ מִטַּמְּאִין מִטַּעַם חִבּוּרִים, מֵאַחַר דְּחָבִית עַצְמָהּ טְמֵאָה. וְכֵן גְּבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח אֲפִלּוּ טְהוֹרָה חֲזִינַן תַּחְתֶּיהָ כְּאִלּוּ הוּא מָלֵא טֻמְאָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ טֻמְאָה עַל גַּבָּהּ. וְהַשְׁתָּא כָּל הָנֵי אֵין דִּינָם שָׁוֶה, דְּאִם הֶחָבִית מְקַבֶּלֶת טֻמְאָה, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא כְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָמֵא. וְהַמַּאֲהִיל עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָמֵא, שֶׁלֹּא כְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָהוֹר. אֲבָל גְּבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח אוֹ מְכֻסָּה אוֹ כְפוּיָה עַל פִּיהָ, הַמַּאֲהִיל עַל גַּבָּהּ אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא כְנֶגֶד הַטֻּמְאָה טָמֵא. וְאֵין לִתְמֹהַּ, כְּפוּיָה עַל פִּיהָ וְטֻמְאָה עַל גַּבָּהּ תַּצִּיל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ כְּכֵלִים טְהוֹרִים הַמֻּקָּפִים צָמִיד פָּתִיל, דְּשָׁאנֵי הָכָא דְלֵיכָּא מֵרוּחַ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
וטומאה תחתיה או בתוכה או על גבה, הכל טמא – that if it susceptible to receive ritual impurity and sits on its rims and the defilement is underneath it or within it or on top of it, even though that an earthenware vessel is not defiled from above it, the jar itself is defiled here. Since this refers to vessels that are within after they are not surrounded by a tight-fitting lid, for a vessel does not protect even on wat is ithin it other than with walls of tents in a place where there isn’t an interruption from the airspace within to the airspace outside of it. And that which is below which is under its rims, and it doesn’t teach under its wall from the outside. But the jar itself is defiled, and since the jar itself is impure, all of the vessels that are within are defiled even that which is not opposite the defilement, for even though we hold that humans and vessels are not defiled from the airspace of an earthenware vessel, here, all the while that the olive’s bulk [of defilement] is underneath it, it defiles from the reason of attachments, since after the jar itself is impure. And similarly, something a handbreadth above from the ground even that is pure we view that which is underneath it as if it filled with defilement, and even the defilement above it. But now, all of these, their law is not equivalent (i.e., the same), for if the jar is susceptible to receive ritual defilement, whatever is within it, even if it is not opposite the defilement is impure. And one who overshadows over it from above, opposite the defilement is impure, but that which is not opposite the defilement is pure. But if it is a handbreadth above the ground or it is covered or turned upside down on its mouth, one who overshadows over it even that which is not opposite the defilement is impure. And we should not be astonished, that which is turned upside downs on its mouth and the defilement is above it, whatever is within it is like the pure vessels that are surrounded with a tight-fitting lid, but it is different here for there is no open space.