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Even if it opens into an enclosure, this is considered its main entrance, rather than the one that opens into the alleyway.
It is Rabba and Rav Yosef who both say: The halakha in such a case depends on the identity of the owner of the courtyard. With regard to a courtyard owned by a non-Jew, if the enclosure behind his courtyard is the size of two beit se’a or less, he renders it prohibited for the Jewish residents of
On the other hand, with regard to a courtyard owned by a Jew, if the enclosure is the size of two beit se’a or less, he does not render it prohibited for the other residents of the alleyway to carry, even if he did not join in an eiruv with them. Because he has the option of carrying in such an enc
However, if the enclosure is greater than the size of two beit se’a, in which case it is prohibited to carry there, the Jew would carry only by way of the alleyway. Therefore, he renders it prohibited for his fellow residents of the alleyway to carry unless he establishes an eiruv with them.
With regard to this issue, Rava bar Ḥaklai raised a dilemma before Rav Huna: If the non-Jew’s courtyard opens into an alleyway, and it also has an entrance that opens into an enclosure, what is the halakha? He said to him: They have already said that if the enclosure is the size of two beit se’a or