Responsa for Bava Batra 45:6
רבא אמר בישוב שובכין ותיפוק ליה משום שובכין גופייהו איבעית אימא דידיה ואיבעית אימא דכנעני ואיבעית אימא דהפקר:
— Abaye replied: pigeons cover much ground. but they eat their fill within fifty cubits of their starting point. And do they fly no further than thirty <i>ris</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This question has reference to the rule about snares, not to the rule about dovecotes. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> Has it not been taught: 'Where there are towns and villages. nets should not be spread even within a hundred miles'? — R. Joseph said: This means, where there is a succession of vineyards;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the birds can fly from one to another. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A built a bath-house near the synagogue. The members of the community claim that the odor and smoke of the bath-house inconveniences them, and therefore, demand that A close the bath-house.
A. If A claims that the leaders of the community sold or gave to him the right to build the bath-house and if he has proof that they did not object to it for a while, after its construction and operation, he may continue to operate it, since the inconvenience is not so great, as it is being operated only once a week and the odor is mild.
SOURCES: Pr. 233.
A. If A claims that the leaders of the community sold or gave to him the right to build the bath-house and if he has proof that they did not object to it for a while, after its construction and operation, he may continue to operate it, since the inconvenience is not so great, as it is being operated only once a week and the odor is mild.
SOURCES: Pr. 233.
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