Responsa for Bava Batra 33:2
שלשה לא שלט בהן יצר הרע אלו הן אברהם יצחק ויעקב דכתיב בהו בכל מכל כל ויש אומרים אף דוד דכתיב (תהלים קט, כב) ולבי חלל בקרבי ואידך צעריה הוא דקא מדכר
Jacob, because it is written, [For I have] all.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXXIII, 11. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> Three there were over whom the evil inclination<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [On the evil inclination, v. Porter, F.C., 'The Yezer Hara', A Study in the Jewish doctrine of Sin.] ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. B constructed a stone duct near A's wooden house. A objected and B made a written promise to compensate him for any damage the duct might cause to his house. A now demands that B remove his duct because it occasionally permits water and sewage to flow into his house, and he objects to being forced to sue for damages every time it occurs. B claims that water flows into A's house only when the duct breaks. He promises to keep the duct in good condition, but refuses to remove it.
A. B must remove his duct from A's wall for a distance of 3 tefahim (hand-breadths). If the water should, nevertheless, continue to flow into A's house, it is for A to protect his wall by whatever means he sees fit, but he can demand nothing of B.
SOURCES: Cr. 3, 4; Pr. 92; L. 357; Mord. B. B. 520.
A. B must remove his duct from A's wall for a distance of 3 tefahim (hand-breadths). If the water should, nevertheless, continue to flow into A's house, it is for A to protect his wall by whatever means he sees fit, but he can demand nothing of B.
SOURCES: Cr. 3, 4; Pr. 92; L. 357; Mord. B. B. 520.
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