Someone stood inside [an afflicted house] and extended his hand outside with his rings on his fingers. If he remained long enough to eat a half-loaf, [the rings] become tamei. Someone was standing outside and extended his hand inside [an afflicted house] with his rings on his fingers, R’ Yehudah renders tamei immediately, but the Sages say: Until he remains long enough to eat a half-loaf. They said to R’ Yehudah: ‘‘When his entire body becomes tamei, his clothes do not become tamei until he remains [in the house] long enough to eat a half-loaf; is it not logical that when he himself does not become tamei, his clothes should not become tamei either until he remains [in the house] long enough to eat a half-loaf?’’

[If] a metzora enters a house, all the utensils that are there become tamei, even up to the ceiling beams. R’ Shimon says: to the height of four cubits. The utensils become tamei immediately. R’ Yehudah says: If he remained long enough to kindle a lamp.