Commentary for Eruvin 156:3

בעא מיניה רב יוסף מרבה עשאו לאילן סולם מהו

up to what height must this be carried? - Up to its<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The wall's.');">⁸</span> full height, the other replied. Wherein, however, lies the difference?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the last two cases. Sc. why is a height of ten handbreadths sufficient in the former case while in the latter the grooves are required to reach to the very top of the wall?');">⁹</span> In the former case<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the ladder reached the top of the wall and the grooves were only supplementary to its width.');">¹⁰</span>

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