Responsa for Eruvin 176:13
מתני' דלא כחנניא דתניא חנניא אומר אפילו גג מאה אמה לא ישפוך לפי שאין הגג עשוי לבלוע אלא לקלח
represents the view of R'Eliezer B'Jacob<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As was Specifically stated (v. our Mishnah) .');"><sup>32</sup></span> how could the first clause<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is recorded anonymously and immediately precedes the one given in his name.');"><sup>33</sup></span> also represent his view?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the first is not (that of) R. Eliezer b. Jacob'.');"><sup>34</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. On the Sabbath, may a Jew use latrines which are built in the city wall and open into a ditch surrounding the wall, so that the feces falling into the ditch are moved (by his force) from one Sabbath domain into another?
A. He should fasten a board beneath the seat (within not more than three tefahim below the latrine walls) so that the feces first fall on the board and then into the ditch. Should the board break on the Sabbath, he would still be permitted to use the latrine on that day.
SOURCES: Cr. 178, 179; Pr. 96; L. 349; Mord. Shabb. 376; Hag. Mord. Shabb. 461; Tashbetz 38; Hag. Maim., Shabbat 15, 4; Kol Bo 31 (p. 34a). Cf. Terumat Hadeshen 66.
A. He should fasten a board beneath the seat (within not more than three tefahim below the latrine walls) so that the feces first fall on the board and then into the ditch. Should the board break on the Sabbath, he would still be permitted to use the latrine on that day.
SOURCES: Cr. 178, 179; Pr. 96; L. 349; Mord. Shabb. 376; Hag. Mord. Shabb. 461; Tashbetz 38; Hag. Maim., Shabbat 15, 4; Kol Bo 31 (p. 34a). Cf. Terumat Hadeshen 66.
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