Musar for Pesachim 15:9

חורין אחורין לא קשיא הא בעילאי ובתתאי והא במיצעי מטה אמטה לא קשיא הא דמידליא הא דמיתתאי

EVERY PLACE WHEREIN LEAVEN IS NOT TAKEN, etc. What does EVERY PLACE add? - It adds the following taught by our Rabbis: The topmost and the nethernmost holes of a room,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., those which are very high up or very low down in the wall, so that it is inconvenient to use them.');">¹¹</span> the roof of the verandah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A balcony with a sloping roof, which could not be used; other parts of the house had a flat roof.');">¹²</span> the roof of a turret,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A kind of safe in which food and utensils were kept. The inside had to be searched but not the roof.');">¹³</span>

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