Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 1:9

מַקִּיפִין שְׁלֹשָׁה חֲבָלִים, זֶה לְמַעְלָה מִזֶּה וְזֶה לְמַעְלָה מִזֶּה, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא בֵּין חֶבֶל לַחֲבֵרוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים. שִׁעוּר חֲבָלִים וְעָבְיָן, יָתֵר עַל טֶפַח, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא הַכֹּל עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים:

They may fence it [a caravan that encamped in a valley] around with three ropes [tied to stakes]; the second above the first, and the third above the second, so long as between rope and rope there are not three tefachim. [From the bottom rope to the ground there are fewer than three tefachim, so that it is like a standing (partition). For any space less than three (tefachim) is considered a solid. And from there to the middle rope there are fewer than three, making a "standing" of six tefachim less two small measures for the two spaces. And from the middle to the top, fewer than three tefachim, making nine tefachim less three small measures of "standing" in the three spaces.] The (combined) thickness of the ropes must be [three small measures] more than a tefach, so that the whole be ten tefachim.

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