Commentary for Shabbat 260:5

זימנין אשכחיה דיתיב וקא אמר אמר ר"ש בן לקיש משום ר' יהודה הנשיא פעם אחת שכחו ולא הביאו איזמל מע"ש והביאוהו בשבת והיה הדבר קשה לחכמים היאך מניחין דברי חכמים ועושין כר"א חדא דר"א שמותי הוא ועוד יחיד ורבים הלכה כרבים

so this too, though they have not become partners in it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the technical term in respect of an alley, whereby it all ranks as a single and private domain for its residents. ');">⁹</span> it is permitted to carry in the whole of it; or perhaps it is unlike a courtyard; for a courtyard has four walls [partitions], whereas this has not four walls; alternatively, a courtyard has tenants,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the residents of the houses which open into it put it to private use. ');">¹⁰</span>

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