Commentary for Eruvin 154:7

ולא אמרן אלא דלא הוי כותל ארבעה אבל הוי כותל ארבעה אפילו מופלג טובא נמי

and another of the same width was placed on the other side,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the other courtyard.');">¹⁶</span> and there is less than a distance of three handbreadths between them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and (there was) not between this and that'.');">¹⁷</span> a valid reduction is effected,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since, despite the fact that the ladders are not exactly facing each other, it is fairly easy to ascend to the top of the wall by means of the one ladder, to stride over the top and to descend into the next courtyard by means of the other ladder. The two ladders may, therefore, be regarded as a valid opening between the courtyards.');">¹⁸</span>

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