Commentary for Eruvin 32:9

שיעור חבלים ועוביין יתר על טפח כדי שיהא הכל עשרה טפחים

IS LESS THAN THREE HANDBREADTHS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A gap of less than three handbreadths being regarded by the rule of labud (v. Glos.) as non-existent, the height of the rope barrier is thus virtually nine handbreadths minus three small fractions (v. following two notes and text) .');">¹⁵</span> THE SIZE OF THE ROPES [MUST BE SUCH] THAT THEIR [TOTAL] THICKNESS SHALL BE MORE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the three fractions mentioned in the previous note ad fin.');">¹⁶</span> THAN A HANDBREADTH, SO THAT THE TOTAL HEIGHT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the rope barrier.');">¹⁷</span>

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