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The Talmud provides an alternative explanation of R' Yoḥanan’s statement. Rav Ashi said: According to R' Yoḥanan, carrying in the area between the side posts is actually permitted. The dispute between Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel and the Rabbis concerning the principle of lavud is in a case where ther
According to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, who said that for a gap of up to 4 handbreadths we say that the principle of lavud applies, all the side posts are considered a single side post, and since the side post in that case is 4 cubits long, it is considered a separate alleyway; therefore, it requir
The Talmud asks: And even according to the opinion of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, why is another side post required? Let it have the same legal status as a side post that is visible from the outside, protruding from the wall of the alleyway, but appears to be even with the wall from the inside. Si
The Talmud answers: As Rav Ashi’s reason is only according to the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, when Ravin came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, didn’t he say that R' Yoḥanan said: If a side post is visible from the outside, protruding from the wall of the alleyway, but it appears to be even with the wal
An amoraic dispute was stated: If a side post is visible from the inside, protruding from the wall of the alleyway, but it appears to be even with the wall from the outside, it is considered a side post. However, if a side post is visible from the outside protruding from the wall, but it appears