Commentary for Eruvin 44:22

ר' יהודה בן בבא אומר אין עושין פסין אלא לבאר הרבים בלבד ולשאר עושין חגורה גבוה עשרה טפחים:

and those<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'wherever'.');">⁴⁶</span> that were easy of access<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'use'.');">⁴⁷</span> he assigned for public use and those that were not easily accessible he assigned for private use.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the status of the paths of Beth Gilgul which are among the difficult paths of Palestine and similarly with all other ascents and descents in the Land of Israel. This, therefore, provides no proof for difficult roads in other countries which did not come under Joshua's enactments.');">⁴⁸</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>STRIPS [OF WOOD] MAY BE PROVIDED FOR A PUBLIC CISTERN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 18a where the order, however, is reversed.');">⁴⁹</span> A PUBLIC WELL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 18a where the order, however, is reversed.');">⁴⁹</span> AS WELL AS A PRIVATE WELL, BUT FOR A PRIVATE CISTERN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the water might be used up and the fact might escape the individual's attention, who would thus continue to use the enclosure as a private domain though it had lost the status on account of the disappearance of the water. In the case of a well no provision was necessary against the remote possibility of its drying up, while in the case of a public cistern the people would remind one another of the absence of the water should it ever all be used up.');">⁵⁰</span> A PARTITION TEN HANDBREADTHS HIGH MUST BE PROVIDED; SO R'AKIBA. R'JUDAH B. BABA RULED: STRIPS [OF WOOD] MAY BE SET UP ROUND A PUBLIC WELL ONLY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because (a) its flow is constant and (b) should it ever dry up the people would remind one another of its change of status.');">⁵¹</span> WHILE FOR THE OTHERS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where only either (a) or (b) is applicable; v. previous note.');">⁵²</span> A [ROPE] BELT TEN HANDBREADTHS IN HEIGHT MUST BE PROVIDED.

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