Reference for Menachot 66:15
רבה ורב יוסף דאמרי תרוייהו מבית לגינה דכולי עלמא לא פליגי דפטור מאי טעמא פיתחא דגינה הוא כי פליגי מגינה לבית מר סבר ביאה דבית הוא ומר סבר כולה
is, according to R'Jose, considered as the outhouse.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And requires a mezuzah.');"><sup>14</sup></span> But the Sages say, It is considered as the air space<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And does not require a mezuzah. This reading 'as the air space' is obviously the correct one and is supported by MSS. and Sh. Mek. Cur. edd. read 'as the lodge', which gives no sensible meaning. ,hc rga ,hc ,hc');"><sup>15</sup></span> [of the garden]. Rab and Samuel both said, If the door opens from the garden into the house,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the ensuing argument 'house', , stands for , the lodge; cf. Alfasi and Asheri, where the word is used at the beginning of the passage too. The interpretation as preferred by Rashi is as follows: if the hinges of the door in question are on the inside, so that the door opens inside (v. Fig. 1) , this is conclusive evidence that the door belongs primarily to the lodge (v. supra p. 207) , and therefore it requires a mezuzah. V. Rashi for other interpretations of this uncertain passage.');"><sup>16</sup></span> there is no dispute at all that i requires a mezuzah, since it clearly admits into the house; they differ only where the door opens from the house into the garden,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the hinges are on the outside, so that the door opens outside into the garden (v. Fig. 2) .');"><sup>17</sup></span> the one maintaining that the outhouse is the main thing,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is R. Jose's view. He holds that the purpose of this door is not so much for the garden as for the outhouse which can be reached only through this door; and as the outhouse requires a mezuzah so does this door too require a mezuzah.');"><sup>18</sup></span> the other that the garden is the main thing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sages' view. It is therefore exempt from the mezuzah.');"><sup>19</sup></span> But Rabbah and R'Joseph both said, If the door opens from the house into the garden<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 211, n. 8.');"><sup>20</sup></span> there is no dispute at all that it is exempt, since it is clearly the door for the garden; they differ only wher the door opens from the garden into the house, the one maintaining that it serves for entering into the house,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the lodge. This is R. Jose's view.');"><sup>21</sup></span> the other that it was entirely