Commentary for Eruvin 9:10

ואי בד' היכי משכחת ליה

[it is a question of] destroying the ritual fitness<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'end'. Before the breach occurred the alley was in a condition that was ritually fit.');">³⁸</span> of an alley,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it is sufficient for a width of four handbreadths to retain its ritual fitness.');">³⁹</span> but here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the matter of the excavation.');">⁴⁰</span> [it is a case of] creating one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., , 'the beginning of an alley'. Owing to the low altitude of the entrance, the alley was never before ritually fit.');">⁴¹</span> [Consequently] if the excavation extends<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.,'there is'.');">⁴²</span>

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