Commentary for Eruvin 194:19

היה קורא בראש הגג ונתגלגל הספר מידו עד שלא הגיע לעשרה טפחים גוללו אצלו משהגיע לעשרה טפחים הופכו על הכתב

IF HE WAS READING IT ON THE TOP OF A ROOF AND THE SCROLL ROLLED OUT OF HIS HAND,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Into a public domain.');">⁵²</span> HE MAY, BEFORE IT REACHED TEN HANDBREADTHS FROM THE GROUND, ROLL IT BACK TO HIMSELF.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it was still outside the public domain which extends only to a level of ten handbreadths above the ground.');">⁵⁴</span> BUT AFTER IT HAD REACHED THE TEN HANDBREADTHS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And one of its ends is thus within the public domain from which it is forbidden to transfer an object into any other domain.');">⁵⁵</span> HE MUST TURN IT OVER WITH ITS WRITING DOWNWARDS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'on the writing', to protect it as much as is possible from the sun, dust or rain.');">⁵⁶</span>

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