Responsa for Bava Batra 14:8

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> למימרא דבית שער מעליותא היא והא ההוא חסידא דהוה רגיל אליהו דהוה משתעי בהדיה עבד בית שער ותו לא משתעי בהדיה לא קשיא הא מגואי הא מבראי

with whom Elijah used to converse until he made a porter's lodge, after which he did not converse with him any more?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the lodge prevented the cries of poor men from being heard within the courtyard. ');">¹²</span> — There is no contradiction; in the one case we suppose the lodge to be inside [the courtyard], in the other outside.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the lodge is outside, the poor man can get behind it and it does not prevent his voice from being heard. ');">¹³</span>

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