Responsa for Bava Batra 114:11
ואי בעית אימא הא והא דליכא ינוקא ולא קשיא הא דאיכא שמעא הא דליכא שמעא
— There is no contradiction. In one case [we suppose] there is a child at the table,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And then it should be outside, because otherwise the child may play with it and upset the table. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> and in the other that there is no child. Or if you like I can say [that in both cases [we suppose] there is no child, and still there is no contradiction: in one case [we suppose] there is a waiter at table<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it should be inside, because if it is outside, it may get in his way. ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
Teshuvot HaRivash
Also, regarding your suggestion that some of the people without seats could put portable seats in the middle of the synagogue and sit there, or sit on rows of clean mats on the ground if they wish, for no individual owns anything other than his space and its entrance and exit access, but everyone owns the rest equally: They also may not do this. For even those who own seats, with access for entrance and exit, may not use that which is a path belonging to others ... just as residents of a street or [shared] yard may not use the street or yard other than in ways that residents normally use streets or yards ...
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