Commentary for Bava Batra 33:10

ומרחיקין את הריחים שלשה מן השכב שהן ארבעה מן הרכב ואת התנור שלשה מן הכליא שהן ארבעה מן השפה:

Now was she the daughter of Nahash? Was she not the daughter of Jesse, as It is written, And their [Jesse's sons'] sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Chron. II, 16. ');">¹⁸</span> What it means therefore is, The daughter of him who died through the counsel of the serpent [nahash]. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A MAN SHOULD NOT DIG A PIT [IN HIS OWN FIELD] CLOSE TO THE PIT OF HIS NEIGHBOUR,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For fear of loosening the sides. On the terms [H] (pit), [H] (ditch), [H] (cave), v. B.K. V. ');">¹⁹</span> NOR A DITCH NOR A CAVE NOR A WATER-CHANNEL NOR A FULLER'S POOL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A shallow pool for soaking and washing soiled linen. ');">²⁰</span> UNLESS HE KEEPS THEM AT LEAST THREE HANDBREADTHS FROM HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WALL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the side of the pit, v. infra. ');">²¹</span> AND PLASTERS [THE SIDES]. A MAN SHOULD KEEP OLIVE REFUSE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The refuse from olives which have been pressed for oil. ');">²²</span> DUNG, SALT, LIME, AND FLINT STONES AT LEAST THREE HANDBREADTHS FROM HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WALL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A mud wall which might be injured by the proximity of these articles, v. infra. ');">²³</span> OR PLASTER IT OVER. SEEDS, PLOUGH FURROWS, AND URINE SHOULD BE KEPT THREE HANDBREADTHS FROM THE WALL. MILL — STONES SHOULD BE KEPT THREE HANDBREADTHS AWAY RECKONING FROM THE UPPER STONE, WHICH MEANS FOUR FROM THE LOWER STONE. AN OVEN SHOULD BE KEPT THREE HANDBREADTHS RECKONING FROM THE FOOT OF THE BASE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ovens were fixed not on the ground but on a sort of platform narrower at the top than the bottom. According to another interpretation we should translate, 'three from the belly of the oven, which means four from the rim,' the ovens being in shape like earthenware jars swelling in the middle; v. Tosaf. ');">²⁴</span> WHICH MEANS FOUR FROM THE TOP OF THE BASE.

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