Commentary for Shabbat 233:5

א"ל רבה ג' מחיצות ולחי אחד מפולש קרית ליה ועוד לרבנן נציל לתוכו אוכלין ומשקין אלא אמר רבה שתי מחיצות ושני לחיין זהו מבוי שאינו מפולש שתי מחיצות ולחי אחד זהו מבוי המפולש

— He removes it [the skin] in strips.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not as one piece. It is not even real flaying them and only counts as a shebuth (Rashi). ');">⁹</span> AND WHITHER MAY WE RESCUE THEM, etc. What is an open [alley] and what is a closed [one]? — R. Hisda said: [[fit contains] three walls and two stakes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is a cul-de-sac leading off a street, and stakes are planted in the ground at either side of the opening. These stakes legally count as a fourth wall, and thus the alley is regarded as entirely enclosed. ');">¹⁰</span>

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