## Mishnah Oholot Chapter 9

###### Mishnah Oholot 9:1
[Mishnah Oholot 9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:1)

כַּוֶּרֶת שֶׁהִיא בְתוֹךְ הַפֶּתַח וּפִיהָ לַחוּץ, כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ מִבַּחוּץ, כֹּל שֶׁהוּא כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְגַבָּהּ טָמֵא. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, תּוֹכָהּ, וְהַבַּיִת, טָהוֹר. בַּבַּיִת, אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת. בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A basket that is in an opening and its mouth faces outside, if a [piece the size of] an olive of a dead body is placed underneath or on top of it outside, anything which is opposite the [piece the size of an] olive above and below is impure and anything not opposite the olive, its inside and the house is pure. If [the impurity] was in the house, only the house is impure. If it was inside [the basket] everything is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:2
[Mishnah Oholot 9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:2)

הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בַבַּיִת אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא, אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ. בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it [the basket] was a *tefach* (hand-breadth) above the ground and there was impurity under it or in the house or on top of it, everything is impure except for its inside. [If the impurity was] inside it, everything is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:3
[Mishnah Oholot 9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:3)

בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כְלִי מְחֻלְחָלֶת. הָיְתָה פְחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ אוֹ אֲפוּצָה, אֵיזוֹ הִיא אֲפוּצָה, כֹּל שֶׁאֵין לָהּ טֶפַח מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד, כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הַתְּהוֹם טָמֵא. עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא. בַּבַּיִת, אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא הַבַּיִת. בְּתוֹכָהּ, אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
When does this case apply? When it is a hollow vessel. If it was broken and plugged with straw or if it was pressed - what is considered pressed? Anything that does not have a hand-breadth from another place - if a [piece the size of] an olive is placed beneath it, opposite it down to the depths is impure. If on top of it, opposite it up to the firmament is impure. If [it is] in the house only the house is impure, if [it is] inside it only inside it is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:4
[Mishnah Oholot 9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:4)

הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בַבַּיִת, תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְהַבַּיִת טָמֵא, תּוֹכָהּ וְגַבָּהּ טָהוֹר. בְּתוֹכָהּ, אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ. עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it [the basket] was a hand-breadth above the ground and there was impurity beneath it or in the house, beneath it and the house is impure, but its inside and on top of it is pure. [If it was] inside it, only its inside is impure. [If it was] on top of it, opposite it up to the firmament is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:5
[Mishnah Oholot 9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:5)

בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁפִּיהָ לַחוּץ. הָיָה פִיהָ לִפְנִים, וְכַזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ מִבַּחוּץ, כֹּל שֶׁהוּא כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְגַבָּהּ וְתוֹכָהּ טָמֵא. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, תּוֹכָהּ וְהַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. בְּתוֹכָהּ אוֹ בַבַּיִת, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
When is this the case? When its mouth faces outside. But if its mouth faces inside and a [piece the size of] an olive of dead body is placed beneath it or on top of it from the outside, anything opposite the [piece the size of] an olive, beneath it and on top of it (and its inside) are impure. Whatever is not opposite the [piece the size of] an olive, its inside and the house are pure. If it was inside [the hive] or the house, everything would be impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:6
[Mishnah Oholot 9:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:6)

הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בַבַּיִת אוֹ בְתוֹכָהּ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it [the basket] was a hand-breadth above the ground and there was impurity beneath it, or in the house or inside it or on top of it, everything is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:7
[Mishnah Oholot 9:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:7)

בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כְלִי מְחֻלְחָלֶת. הָיְתָה פְחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ אוֹ אֲפוּצָה, אֵיזוֹהִי אֲפוּצָה, כֹּל שֶׁאֵין לָהּ טֶפַח מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד, כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הַתְּהוֹם טָמֵא. עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא. בְּתוֹכָהּ אוֹ בַבַּיִת, תּוֹכָהּ וְהַבַּיִת טְמֵאִים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
When is this the case? When it is a hollow vessel. If it was broken and plugged with straw or if it was pressed - what is considered covered? Anything that does not have a hand-breadth from another place - if a [piece the size of] an olive is placed beneath it, opposite it down to the depths is impure. If on top of it, opposite it up to the firmament is impure. If [it is] inside it or in the house, its inside and the house are impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:8
[Mishnah Oholot 9:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:8)

הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בַבַּיִת אוֹ בְתוֹכָהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא, אֶלָּא גַבָּהּ. עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it [a vessel] was a hand-breadth above the ground and there was impurity beneath it, or in the house or inside it, everything is impure except for on top of it. If it was on top of it, opposite it to the firmament is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:9
[Mishnah Oholot 9:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:9)

הָיְתָה מְמַלְּאָה אֶת כָּל הַבַּיִת וְאֵין בֵּינָהּ לְבֵין הַקּוֹרוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ, הַבַּיִת טָמֵא. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָהוֹר, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ טֻמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס, בֵּין עוֹמֶדֶת בֵּין מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ, בֵּין אַחַת בֵּין שְׁתָּיִם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it was filling the whole house and there was less than a hand-breadth between it and the beams, if there is impurity inside it, the house is impure. If there is impurity in the house, what is in it [the basket] is pure for the nature of impurity is to go out and not to go in, whether it was standing upright or lying on its side, or whether there were one or two [baskets].


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:10
[Mishnah Oholot 9:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:10)

הָיְתָה עוֹמֶדֶת בְּתוֹךְ הַפֶּתַח וְאֵין בֵּינָהּ לְבֵין הַמַּשְׁקוֹף פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה בְתוֹכָהּ, הַבַּיִת טָהוֹר. טֻמְאָה בַבַּיִת, מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ טָמֵא, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הַטֻּמְאָה לָצֵאת וְאֵין דַּרְכָּהּ לְהִכָּנֵס:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it was standing in the opening and there was less than a hand-breadth's space between it and the lintel, if there is impurity inside it, the house is pure. If there is impurity inside the house, what is inside it is impure, for the nature of impurity is to go out and not to go in.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:11
[Mishnah Oholot 9:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:11)

הָיְתָה מֻטָּה עַל צִדָּהּ בָּאֲוִיר וְכַזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, כֹּל שֶׁהוּא כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְגַבָּהּ, טָמֵא. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ כְנֶגֶד הַזַּיִת, תּוֹכָהּ, טָהוֹר. בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it was lying on its side in the open air and a [piece the size of] an olive of a dead body was placed beneath or on top of it, anything which is opposite the [piece the size of an] olive beneath and on top of it is impure. Anything which is not opposite the [piece the size of an] olive, inside it is pure. If it were inside [the basket] everything is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:12
[Mishnah Oholot 9:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:12)

הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא, אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ. בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כֶלִי. הָיְתָה פְחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ, אוֹ מַחֲזֶקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה, כְּדִבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הַתְּהוֹם טָמֵא. עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ, טָמֵא. בְּתוֹכָהּ, אֵין טָמֵא אֶלָּא תוֹכָהּ. הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, טָמֵא. בְּתוֹכָהּ, תּוֹכָהּ טָמֵא. עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it was a hand-breadth above the ground and there was impurity beneath or on top of it, everything is impure except for its inside. [If it was] inside it, everything is impure. When is this case? When it is a vessel. But if it was broken and plugged with straw or if it holds forty *Se'ah* according to the Sages, if a [piece the size of an] olive of a dead body is placed beneath it, opposite it down to the depths is impure. If it is on top of it, opposite it up to the firmament is impure. Inside it, only the inside is impure. If it was a hand-breadth above the ground, if the impurity was beneath it, [everything] underneath it is impure. If it was inside it, [everything] inside it is impure. If it were on top of it opposite it up to the firmament is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:13
[Mishnah Oholot 9:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:13)

הָיְתָה יוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ וְהִיא כְלִי, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, בְּתוֹכָהּ, אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרָדֶת. הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, אוֹ מְכֻסָּה, אוֹ כְפוּיָה עַל פִּיהָ, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, בְּתוֹכָהּ, אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If it was sitting on its base and it is a vessel, if there is impurity beneath it, inside it, or on top of it, the impurity pierces and rises, pierces and goes down. If it was a hand-breadth above the ground or covered or flipped on its mouth, if the impurity was beneath it, inside it, or on top of it, everything is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:14
[Mishnah Oholot 9:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:14)

בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא כֶלִי. הָיְתָה פְחוּתָה וּפְקוּקָה בְקַשׁ, אוֹ מַחֲזֶקֶת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה כְּדִבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, בְּתוֹכָהּ, אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרָדֶת. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמְרִים, אֵין טֻמְאָה עוֹלָה לָהּ, אַף לֹא יוֹרֶדֶת מִמֶּנָּה. הָיְתָה גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, תַּחְתֶּיהָ טָמֵא. בְּתוֹכָהּ, אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, כְּנֶגְדּוֹ עַד הָרָקִיעַ טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
When is this the case? When it is a vessel. But if it were broken and plugged with straw or if it holds forty *Se'ah* according to the Sages, if there is impurity beneath it, inside it, or on top of it, the impurity pierces and rises, pierces and goes down. Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Shimon say, the impurity does not rise above it nor go down from it. If it was a handbreadth above the ground, if the impurity is beneath it, [everything] beneath it is impure. [If it was] inside it or on top of it, opposite it up to the firmament is impure.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:15
[Mishnah Oholot 9:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:15)

אָרוֹן שֶׁהִיא רְחָבָה מִלְּמַטָּן וְצָרָה מִלְמַעְלָן וְהַמֵּת בְּתוֹכָהּ, הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִלְּמַטָּן, טָהוֹר. וּמִלְמַעְלָן, טָמֵא. רְחָבָה מִלְמַעְלָן וְצָרָה מִלְּמַטָּן, הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִכָּל מָקוֹם, טָמֵא. הָיְתָה שָׁוָה, הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִכָּל מָקוֹם, טָמֵא, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַטָּן, טָהוֹר. מִטֶּפַח וּלְמַעְלָן, טָמֵא. הָעֲשׂוּיָה כְמִין קַמְטְרָא, הַנּוֹגֵע בָּהּ מִכָּל מָקוֹם, טָמֵא. כְּמִין גְּלוֹסְקוֹס, הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּהּ מִכָּל מָקוֹם, טָהוֹר, חוּץ מִמְּקוֹם פְּתִיחָתָהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A coffin which was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top and a dead body is inside it, one who touches it from the bottom is pure, but from the top becomes impure. If it was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, one who touches it in any place is impure. If it was even, one who touches it in any place is impure, says Rabbi Eliezer. But Rabbi Yehoshua says, from a handbreadth and down is pure and from a handbreadth and up is impure. If it was made like a type of chest, one who touches it in any place becomes impure. If it was made like a type of case, one who touches it in any place is pure, except for the place of its opening.


###### Mishnah Oholot 9:16
[Mishnah Oholot 9:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Oholot/r/9:16)

חָבִית שֶׁהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת עַל שׁוּלֶיהָ בָאֲוִיר וְכַזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת נָתוּן תַּחְתֶּיהָ אוֹ בְתוֹכָהּ כְּנֶגֶד קוּרְקוּרָתָהּ, טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרֶדֶת, וְהֶחָבִית טְמֵאָה. תַּחַת דָּפְנָהּ מִבַּחוּץ, טֻמְאָה בּוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרֶדֶת, וְהֶחָבִית טְהוֹרָה. בְּתוֹכָהּ וְתַחַת דָּפְנָהּ, אִם יֵשׁ בַּדְּפָנוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, הַכֹּל טָמֵא, וּכְנֶגֶד פִּיהָ, טָהוֹר. וְאִם לָאו, טֻמְאָה בוֹקַעַת וְעוֹלָה, בּוֹקַעַת וְיוֹרָדֶת. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּטְהוֹרָה. אֲבָל אִם הָיְתָה טְמֵאָה אוֹ גְבוֹהָה מִן הָאָרֶץ טֶפַח אוֹ מְכֻסָּה אוֹ כְפוּיָה עַל פִּיהָ, טֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, בְּתוֹכָהּ אוֹ עַל גַּבָּהּ, הַכֹּל טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A barrel that was sitting on its base in the open air and [a piece the size of] an olive of a dead body is placed beneath it or inside it opposite its rimmed bottom, the impurity pierces and rises, pierces and goes down, and the barrel is impure. [If the impurity was] underneath its wall outside, the impurity pierces and rises, pierces and goes down, and the barrel is pure. [If it was] underneath its wall inside, if there is a handbreadth's space inside the walls everything is impure but opposite its opening is pure, but if not, the impurity pierces and rises, pierces and goes down. When is this the case? If [the barrel was] pure, but if it was impure or a handbreadth above the ground or covered or flipped on its mouth and there is impurity underneath it, inside it, or on top of it, everything is impure.