Related%20passage for Shabbat 11:4

הַזּוֹרֵק בַּיָּם אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, פָּטוּר. אִם הָיָה רְקָק מַיִם וּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים מְהַלֶּכֶת בּוֹ, הַזּוֹרֵק לְתוֹכוֹ אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, חַיָּב. וְכַמָּה הוּא רְקָק מַיִם, פָּחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים. רְקָק מַיִם וּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים מְהַלֶּכֶת בּוֹ, הַזּוֹרֵק בְּתוֹכוֹ אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, חַיָּב:

If one throws (something) four cubits [from the beginning of four to the end of four] on the sea, he is not liable, [for it is a karmelith]. If there is a rekak [a miry, clayey collection] of water [not high above the ground] in the midst of a public thoroughfare — if someone throws four cubits within it, he is liable. And how much is a rekak of water? [How deep must it be to be a public domain and not a karmelith]? Less than ten cubits. A rekak of water in the midst of a public thoroughfare — if someone throws four cubits within it, he is liable. [The tanna repeats it to apprise us that even if the rekak were four wide, since it is less than ten deep, it is regarded as the public domain. And he also repeats "in the midst of a public thoroughfare" to apprise us that even if many walk through it only under constraint, walking under constraint is called "walking."]

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