Commentary for Eruvin 168:1

תא שמע שתי גזוזטראות זו למעלה מזו עשו לעליונה ולא עשו לתחתונה שתיהן אסורות עד שיערבו

Come and hear: If two balconies were situated<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the same wall at the sea-shore above the water.');">¹</span> [in positions] higher than each other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being nevertheless drawn away from each other in a manner that left a space of less than four handbreadths between them and thus enabling persons on the lower balcony to draw their water by throwing a bucket into a hole (v. following n.) in the floor of the upper balcony.');">²</span> and a partition<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Round a hole, four handbreadths wide, in the floor of the balcony through which water is to be drawn from the sea.');">³</span> was made<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jointly by the tenants of both balconies (cf. infra 88a) .');">⁴</span>

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