Commentary for Eruvin 185:4

ואילו השוה את קרויו אסור א"ל התם סילוק מחיצות הוא

in the uncovered part<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'here'; because the edge of the roof is deemed to descend downwards and form a partition between the covered and uncovered sections of the house.');">¹³</span> though vines grew in the covered part;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 641, n. 18.');">¹⁴</span> but if all the house had been equally covered with a roof<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he made his roof covering equal'.');">¹⁵</span> would not this have been forbidden?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is another case where a partition is the cause of a prohibition.');">¹⁶</span>

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