Commentary for Eruvin 157:8

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מתבן שבין שתי חצירות גבוה עשרה טפחים מערבין שנים ואין מערבין אחד אלו מאכילין מכאן ואלו מאכילין מכאן נתמעט התבן מעשרה טפחים מערבין אחד ואין מערבין שנים:

applies only to such as are<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'yes'.');">²⁴</span> opposite each other but not to such as are not opposite each other or to such as are above each other: and even in the case of such as are above each other the ruling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the two balconies may not prepare an 'erub jointly.');">²⁵</span> applies only where there was a distance of three handbreadths between them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The two balconies.');">²⁶</span> but if there was no such distance between them they may both be regarded as one crooked balcony.

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