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An embankment, a height disparity between two surfaces of 5 handbreadths, and an additional partition of 5 handbreadths do not join together to form a partition of 10 handbreadths, the minimum height for a partition to enclose a private domain. It is regarded as a partition of 10 handbreadths only
The Talmud raises an objection from a baraita: If there were two courtyards, one above the other, and the upper one was 10 handbreadths higher than the lower one, or if it had an embankment of 5 handbreadths and a partition of 5 handbreadths, the two courtyards are considered separate domains and th
Rav said: Rav Ḥisda concedes that an embankment and a partition combine with regard to the lower courtyard, since it faces a wall of 10, i.e., there is a full partition of 10 handbreadths before its residents. The Talmud raises a difficulty: If so, according to this reasoning, the residents of the
Rabba bar Ulla said: The baraita is referring to a case where the upper courtyard had full-fledged 10-handbreadth-high walls that protruded on both sides of the section of the partition that was merely 5 handbreadths high, a protrusion that extended up to 10 cubits. In this case, the upper courtya
The Talmud raises a difficulty: If so, say the latter clause of that same baraita: If the height disparity was less than 10 handbreadths, they are considered a single domain, and the residents therefore establish one eiruv, but they do not establish two eiruvin. According to the explanation suggest