Commentary for Eruvin 155:1

זיז היוצא מן הכותל ד' על ד' והניח עליו סולם כל שהוא מיעטו

If on a moulding of an area of four handbreadths by four handbreadths that projected from a wall<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between two courtyards.');">¹</span> a ladder of the smallest size<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. even one whose width was less than four handbreadths, but whose rungs were fixed within three handbreadths from one another, and the lowest one was within three handbreadths from the ground.');">²</span> was rested<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the moulding formed a kind of platform which the ladder resting on it joined with the courtyard floor below.');">³</span>

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