ד חָצֵר הַמֻּקֶּפֶת זִיזִין וְאַכְסַדְרָאוֹת, וְטֻמְאָה בְּאֶחָד מֵהַבָּתִּים, אִם כָּל פִּתְחֵי הַבָּתִּים וְהַחַלּוֹנוֹת נְעוּלִים, טֻמְאָה יוֹצֵאת לְתַחַת הַזִּיזִין וְהָאַכְסַדְרָאוֹת; וְהַטַּעַם, מִשּׁוּם דְּהוֹאִיל וְסוֹף הַטֻּמְאָה לָצֵאת דֶּרֶךְ שָׁם, רוֹאִין כְּאִלּוּ יָצְאָה; וְלָכֵן יֵשׁ מַחְמִירִין לְכֹהֲנִים לֵילֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ שַׁעַר הָעִיר שֶׁסּוֹף הַמֵּת לָצֵאת מִשָּׁם (פִּסְקֵי מהרא"י סִימָן כ"ה וְכָל בּוֹ), וְיֵשׁ מַתִּירִין (שָׁם הֵבִיא בְּשֵׁם י"א), וְהַמֵּקֵל לֹא הִפְסִיד בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁלֹּא נָהֲגוּ לְהַחְמִיר; וְאִם נִפְתַּח חַלּוֹן אוֹ פֶּתַח מִצַּד הָאַחֵר, וְאוֹתָם שֶׁל צַד הֶחָצֵר כֻּלָּם נְעוּלִים, אֵין הַטֻּמְאָה יוֹצֵאת לְתַחַת הַזִּיזִין. וְאִם נִפְתַּח גַּם כֵּן אֶחָד מֵהֶן לְצַד הַזִּיזִין, הַטֻּמְאָה יוֹצֵאת מֵהַבַּיִת לְתַחַת הַזִּיזִין. וְכֵן אִם טֻמְאָה תַּחַת הַזִּיזִין, נִכְנֶסֶת מִתַּחְתֵּיהֶן לַבַּיִת; לָכֵן גַּגִּים הַבּוֹלְטִים לְמַעְלָה לְחוּץ עַל פִּתְחֵי הַבָּתִּים, וְטֻמְאָה בְּאֶחָד מֵהַבָּתִּים, כָּל הַבָּתִּים שֶׁפִּתְחֵיהֶם פְּתוּחִים, טְמֵאִים. הַגָּה: ב' גַּגִּין שֶׁאֵין נוֹגְעִין זֶה בָּזֶה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בֵּינֵיהֶם רַק פָּחוֹת מִג', לֹא הָוֵי חִבּוּר לַטֻּמְאָה, דְּלֹא אַמְרִינָן לָבוּד לְהַחְמִיר (מהרי"ו בִּפְסָקָיו). וְאִם הָיוּ זֶה לְמַעְלָה מִזֶּה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָן נוֹגְעִים, אַמְרִינָן: חָבוּט רָמֵי, וּכְאִלּוּ נוֹגְעִים (נ"י בְּהִלְכוֹת טֻמְאָה רי"ף). הַכֹּהֲנִים אֵינָן יְכוֹלִין לָכֹף לִקְרוֹבֵי הַמֵּת שֶׁיּוֹצִיאוּ הַמֵּת מִמְּקוֹמוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁהֵם יִהְיוּ רַשָּׁאִים לִכָּנֵס לְבֵיתָם, אִם לֹא בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ לְהוֹצִיא כָּל הַמֵּתִים (תְּשׁוּבַת מהרי"ל סִימָן ס"ה).
4 A forecourt that is surrounded by wall-projections and porticoes, and there is uncleanness in one of the houses; if all the doors of the houses and the windows are locked up, the uncleanness spreads under the wall-projections and the porticoes, — the reason being that since ultimately the uncleanness will leave therefrom, we regard [ the uncleanness ] as though it had already left. Therefore, some adopt the stricter view [ regarding ] Kohanim — [ viz., not ] to go through the city gate through which the corpse will ultimately leave; and some permit [ this ]. And he who adopts the lenient view loses nothing in a locality where it is not the custom to adopt the stricter view. And if a window or a door was opened from the other side, and those of the side [facing] the forecourt were all locked up, the uncleanness does not spread under the wall-projections. And if one of them was also opened toward the side of the wall-projections, the uncleanness spreads from the house under the wall-projections. Likewise, if [there is] uncleanness under the wall-projections, it enters from under them into the house. So too, roofs that project above toward the outside over the doors of the houses, and [there is] uncleanness in one of the houses, — [the law is that] all the houses, the doors of which are open, are unclean. Rema: Two roofs [ alongside each other ] that do not touch one another, although there is between them only [ a space ] of less than three [ handbreadths ], are not considered as connected with respect to uncleanness, for we do not apply [ the principle of ] Labud in order to adopt a stricter view. And if they [ projected ] one above the other, although they do not touch [ each other ], we apply [ the principle of ] 'press [ and ] throw [ it ] down,' and [ they are considered ] as though they touched [ each other ]. The Kohanim cannot compel the near-of-kin of the corpse that they remove the dead person in order that they be permitted to enter their [ adjoining ] house, unless [ it is ] in a locality where it is the accepted custom to take out all the corpses.