A beehive container is lying in a doorway, opening to the outside, with impurity under it on the outside. Is the house impure?
Halacha 1: Impurity under the container (outside the house) only affects what is directly below or above it. The interior of the container is pure, and the house is pure.
Question 2
A beehive container fills an entire room, opening toward the ceiling with less than a handbreadth gap. Impurity is in the house (not in the container). Are the contents of the container impure?
Halacha 3: Since impurity's nature is to exit, not enter, and the opening is less than a handbreadth — impurity does not enter the container from the house. The contents remain pure.
Question 3
A beehive container is broken and plugged with straw (no longer a legal vessel), raised a handbreadth, with impurity on top of it. Are items below the container impure?
Halacha 1/4: A broken container plugged with straw is no longer a vessel — it becomes a wooden ohel. As such, it intervenes against impurity. Impurity on top does not pass through to items below.
Question 4
A camel is lying down (resting) and impurity is under its body (flush against it). Does the impurity spread sideways to vessels placed next to the camel?
Halacha 6: A camel lying down: impurity under it is flush (retzutzah) and only pierces straight up and down — it does not spread sideways. A standing camel, however, creates a valid ohel that can intervene.
Question 5
According to the Rambam, all ohel-impurity from tents made by persons, animals, or vessels applies only to what category of impurity?
Halacha 6 (end): The Rambam explicitly states that all these Rabbinic ohel laws from persons/animals/vessels apply only for the purposes of terumah and kodashim — not for karet liability in the Temple or for a nazirite's shaving obligation.