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or with saddle cushions [avitin], or with wheat sheaves, or with boards, or with stalks [kolaḥot], one may carry within the enclosed area, provided that there is no camel-length gap between one camel and another, or a saddle-length gap between one saddle and another, or a cushion-length gap betwe
The Talmud rejects this conclusion. Here, too, it is referring to gaps through which the various objects can easily be inserted and extracted, so that the breached segment is in fact slightly greater than that of the standing segment.
The Talmud cites yet another proof: Come and hear that which was taught in the Tosefta in tractate Kilayim: Ultimately, you say that there are 3 measures for partitions. These partitions form a barrier that demarcates between vines and seeds. They are needed to render permitted the sowing of a fiel
In the case of any partition that consists of boards that are 3 handbreadths wide, as well as boards from 3 to 4 handbreadths wide, the gap between the boards may be greater than 3 handbreadths. Nonetheless, it is necessary that there will not be a gap equal to the full width of a board between one
With regard to any partition that consists of boards that are 4 handbreadths wide, as well as boards from 4 handbreadths to 10 cubits wide, it is necessary that there not be a gap the full width of a board between one board and the next, so that the breached segment will not equal the standing segme