Commentary for Eruvin 9:5

היה פחות מעשרה טפחים וחקק בו להשלימו לעשרה כמה חוקק כמה חוקק כמה דצריך ליה אלא משכו בכמה רב יוסף אמר בד' אביי אמר בארבע אמות

to ten [handbreadths] how much must one excavate? - [You ask] , 'How much must one excavate'? As much [of course] as one requires!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To raise the altitude to ten handbreadths.');">¹⁷</span> - Rather [this is the question:] To what extent in width<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'its drawing (from the entrance into the interior) by how much'.');">¹⁸</span> [must one excavate]? - R'Joseph replied: To<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in', 'by'.');">¹⁹</span> four [handbreadths].

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