כל הרוקין הנמצאין בירושלם טהורין חוץ משל שוק העליון דברי רבי מאיר. רבי יוסי אומר בשאר ימות השנה שבאמצע טמאין. ושבצדדין טהורין. ובשעת הרגל. שבאמצע טהורין. ושבצדדין טמאין. שמפני שהן מועטין מסתלקין לצדדין:
Any spit found in Jerusalem is clean except that which is [found] in the upper market, the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yose says: at other times of the year [spit found] in the middle [of the road] is unclean but [spit found] at the sides [of the road] is clean; but at festivals time [spit found] in the middle [of the road] is clean, while [that which is found] at the sides [of the road] is unclean, since they are few in number, they remove themselves to the sides of the road.