Commentary for Eruvin 155:18

ורב יוסף אמר רבי אושעיא סולמות שבבבל אינן צריכין קבע מ"ט כבידן קובעתן

'know the reason for this ruling? The case is in fact similar to that of a balcony above a balcony'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 77b, where reduction is effected though the balconies are exactly one above the other and one can hardly climb from the one into the other.');">⁴⁴</span> Rabbah citing R'Hiyya said: The palm-trees of Babylon<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If their cut trunks were placed beside a wall that intervened between two courtyards.');">⁴⁵</span>

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