Responsa for Bava Batra 40:7

ואת התנור שלשה מן הכליא שהן ארבעה מן השפה: אמר אביי שמע מינה כליא דתנור טפח נפקא מינה למקח וממכר:

AN OVEN MUST BE KEPT THREE HANDBREADTHS RECKONING FROM THE FOOT OF THE BASE ETC. Abaye said: We learn from this that the base of an oven projects [normally] one handbreadth. This has a practical bearing on questions of sale.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if an oven is sold without specification, it is understood that the base is to project a handbreadth. ');">¹⁰</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. AN OVEN SHOULD NOT BE FIXED IN A ROOM UNLESS THERE IS ABOVE IT AN EMPTY SPACE OF AT LEAST FOUR CUBITS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the flames should not catch the ceiling. ');">¹¹</span>

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