Commentary for Eruvin 9:15

גופא אמר רמי בר חמא אמר רב הונא לחי הבולט מדפנו של מבוי

From what Rami B'Hama<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec., Abba (Asheri) .');">⁶²</span> said in the name of R'Huna: If a projection from [the end of a side] wall of an alley<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Into the alley.');">⁶³</span> is less than four cubits [in width] it may be regarded as a side-post and no other post is required to effect the ritual fitness of the alley,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to permit it'.');">⁶⁴</span> [but if it is] four cubits [wide] it is deemed to be [a part of the struc of the] alley, and another post is required to effect its ritual fitness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to permit it'.');">⁶⁴</span> And R'Joseph?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 26, n. 16.');">⁶⁵</span> - To deprive [a projection] of its status as a post there must be<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'until there is'.');">⁶⁶</span> [a width of] four cubits but as regards constituting [a wall in] an alley, even [a width] of four handbreadths is also [enough] to constitute an alley. [Reverting to] the above text, 'Rami B'Hama said in the name of R'Huna: If a projection from [the end of a side] wall of an alley

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