Commentary for Bava Batra 11:12

אמר רב נחמן אחזיק לנטפי אחזיק לשפכי אחזיק לשפכי לא אחזיק לנטפי ורב יוסף אמר אפילו אחזיק לשפכי אחזיק לנטפי

R. Huna, however, admits [that R. Nahman's ruling applies] to a projection joined on to a house;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently what is referred to is a wall which the other neighbour (the one who did not raise the party wall) builds out from his own house parallel to the party wall. As it is evident that he has no intention of extending this, he contributes to the increased height of the party wall only in proportion to its height or length. Another explanation is he joins two walls already existing. V. Aruch and Levy S.v. [H] ');">¹⁰</span>

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