Commentary for Shabbat 261:1

בתים וחצרות פתוחין לתוכו והכא בתים איכא חצרות ליכא כי לא עירבו נמי ליחזינהו להני בתים כמאן דסתימי דמו וחצרות איכא ובתים ליכא

houses and courtyards<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., two courtyards with two houses opening into each. V. 'Er. 5a and 73b. ');">¹</span> open into it, whereas here we have houses but not courtyards?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And for this reason when the courtyards are combined with the houses it is not permissible to carry save within four cubits. ');">²</span> Then even if they are not combined, let us regard these houses as though closed [up],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since one cannot carry from the houses into the alley on account of the intervening courtyards. [The courtyards were in front of the houses.] ');">³</span>

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