Musar for Eruvin 195:10
ואיבעית אימא לעולם באסקופה שאינה ארוכה וסתם כתבי הקדש עיוני מעיין בהו ומנח להו וליחוש דילמא מעיין בהו ברה"ר ועייל להו בהדיא לרה"י
if a man transferred an object from the beginning of four cubits<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In a public domain.');"><sup>25</sup></span> to the end of the four cubits, and the transfer was made above his head,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the way above him', sc. he carried the object high in the air at a level above ten handbreadths from the ground, which is regarded as a free domain.');"><sup>26</sup></span> he is guilty of an offence?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Against the laws of carrying a greater distance than four cubits in a Public domain. This shows that an offence is not mitigated even though the object passed on its way through a free domain. Why then should the passing of the scroll across the threshold mitigate in any way the offence of carrying from a public into a private domain?');"><sup>27</sup></span>