Related%20passage for Eruvin 7:2

כֹּתֶל שֶׁבֵּין שְׁתֵּי חֲצֵרוֹת גָּבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה וְרָחָב אַרְבָּעָה, מְעָרְבִין שְׁנַיִם וְאֵין מְעָרְבִין אֶחָד. הָיוּ בְרֹאשׁוֹ פֵרוֹת, אֵלּוּ עוֹלִין מִכָּאן וְאוֹכְלִין, וְאֵלּוּ עוֹלִין מִכָּאן וְאוֹכְלִין, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יוֹרִידוּ לְמַטָּה. נִפְרְצָה הַכֹּתֶל עַד עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת, מְעָרְבִין שְׁנַיִם, וְאִם רָצוּ מְעָרְבִין אֶחָד, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כְפֶתַח. יוֹתֵר מִכָּאן, מְעָרְבִין אֶחָד וְאֵין מְעָרְבִין שְׁנָיִם:

A wall between two courtyards ten (tefachim) high and four wide — two eruvin are made and not one. ["four" is taught, not because this amount is required for "closing off" (one courtyard from another), for a partition of any breadth constitutes "closing off," but (it is taught) by reason of what follows, viz.:] If there were fruits on top of it, these go up from here (i.e., from their courtyard) and eat, and those go up from there and eat, so long as they do not take it down [to the house-dwellers; but to the courtyard it is permitted. For it (a four-handbreadth wide partition) is considered a domain in itself. It is in this regard that four handbreadths are required, less than that constituting a makum p'tur ("a place of exemption) and both being permitted to take it down.] If the wall were breached, up to ten cubits, they make two eruvin; and if they wish, they make one, for it is like an opening. (If it is) more than that, they make one eruv and not two. [(For if it is more) it is a breach, and it is all considered one courtyard. And if each made an eruv for itself, it is as if they (the men of one courtyard) are dividing their eruvin, and they forbid each other.]

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