Commentary for Eruvin 156:2

א"ל חקקו כולו בכותל בכמה א"ל מלא קומתו ומאי שנא א"ל התם מסתלק ליה הכא לא מסתלק ליה

- To ten handbreadths,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the ground. Whatever the height of the wall, valid steps on a width of four handbreadths and a height often handbreadths are regarded as a valid doorway between the courtyards (Rashi) . Aliter: The grooves must be cut to a height within ten handbreadths from the top of the wall');">⁵</span> the other replied. If, he again asked him, all the ladder was cut<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he cut it all'.');">⁶</span> in the wall,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. instead of a movable ladder, grooves were cut in the wall on a width of four handbreadths.');">⁷</span>

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