Commentary for Eruvin 202:7

מדקאמר וכן חנויות מכלל דבאיסקופת כרמלית עסקינן האי מנעול היכי דמי אי דלית ביה ארבעה מקום פטור הוא

The Sages, however, ruled: Even when the lock is above ten handbreadths from the ground the key may be brought on the Sabbath eve and placed on the threshold, and on the following day the door may be opened and shut and the key may be returned to its place<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the threshold. The reason is discussed infra.');">¹⁶</span> or it may be put on a window<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose sin is less than four handbreadths wide and which is, therefore, regarded as a free domain though it is ten handbreadths high.');">¹⁷</span> above the door.

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