Commentary for Bava Batra 44:6
טעמא שלא יאפיל אבל משום דוושא לא הכא במאי עסקינן בבא מן הצד
We learnt: IF THERE ARE WINDOWS [IN THE NEIGHBOUR'S WALL] HE MUST LEAVE A CLEAR SPACE OF FOUR CUBITS, WHETHER ABOVE OR BELOW OR OPPOSITE; and in a Baraitha commenting on this it is stated that a space must be left 'above' so that he should not be able to peep into the other one's room, and 'below' so that he should not stand on tiptoe and look in, and opposite' so that he should not take away his light. The reason then [why the second wall must be kept away from the first] is that he should not take away his light. and not, as you say, that the ground between should be trodden?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore if there are no windows he need not leave a space. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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