Commentary for Eruvin 174:7

ואזדא רבי יוחנן לטעמיה דכי אתא רב דימי אמר רבי יוחנן מקום שאין בו ארבעה על ארבעה מותר לבני רה"ר ולבני רה"י לכתף עליו ובלבד שלא יחליפו

is one in dispute between Tannas. But why should it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A water-channel passing through a courtyard, whose dimensions are less than those of a karmelith.');">¹⁵</span> not be regarded as the cavities of a karmelith?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the movement of any object, bucket or water, between it and the courtyard should be forbidden. As cavities in a wall adjoining a public domain are subject to the restrictions of the latter (v. Shab. 7b) so should the water-channel within the courtyard be subject to the restrictions of the wider channel without the town which is a karmelith and of which it forms a part.');">¹⁶</span>

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