Commentary for Eruvin 153:14

אמר רב יחיאל כפה ספל ממעט

If the height of the wall was reduced,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'if he came to reduce it'. This, it is now assumed, implies the raising of the floor level of the courtyard by means of a mound or a bench close to the wall and within ten handbreadths from the top of it.');">³⁴</span> it is permitted to use all the wall if the reduction extended<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Along the base of the wall.');">³⁵</span> to four handbreadths;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An eminence of such dimensions is regarded as a kind of doorway to the top of the wall since it facilitates approach between the top and the courtyard.');">³⁶</span>

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