Reference for Eruvin 167:10
כיון דכי מליא שריא כי חסרא נמי שריא אדרבה כיון דכי חסרא אסירא כי מליא נמי אסירא
- R'Isaac son of Rab Judah replied: We are here dealing with the case of a cistern that was full of water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The surface being more or less on a level with the gallery and therefore easily accessible to its tenants. Hence its assignment to the gallery.');"><sup>20</sup></span> But is it not<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the using up of the water near the surface.');"><sup>21</sup></span> being diminished?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In consequence of which the tenants of the gallery would have to lower their buckets. Why then should the use of the cistern be permitted even in that case?');"><sup>22</sup></span>