Un pozo de dominio público y su chuliah (sus excavaciones circundantes) diez tefachim de altura —se le permite extraer (agua) a través de una ventana que lo mira en Shabat. [Dado que el chuliah tiene diez tefachim de altura y se determina que más de diez tefachim no es un dominio público sino un makom p'tur ("un lugar de exención"), se le permite extraer agua a través de la ventana de arriba en Shabat Para esto constituye pasar de un dominio privado a un dominio privado a través de un makom p'tur. E incluso si el pozo tiene cuatro tefachim retirados de la pared de la ventana, se le permite extraer agua a través de él, ya que el dominio público no interviene entre el pozo y la ventana cuando saca agua de él, sino solo un makom p 'tur. [Asimismo,] (un montón de) basura en el dominio público, diez tefachim de alto—Se le permite derramar agua sobre ella a través de una ventana que lo domina en Shabat. [Para ello (el montículo de basura) es un dominio privado, y no tememos que el montículo de basura se reduzca a menos de diez tefachim y él derrame (agua) sobre él como antes. Esto, solo con un montículo de basura público, que no es probable que se elimine; pero con un montículo privado, que es probable que se elimine, está prohibido tirar (rechazar) allí en Shabat, porque tememos que pueda eliminarlo y convertirlo en un dominio público.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
וחולייתו י' חלון שעל גבה ממלאין ממנה – because its surrounding bank which is the rim that is around it is ten handbreadths high, and we hold that the public domain is not higher than ten handbreadths, other than in an exempt place, therefore, we fill up from the window that is over it (into the house) on the Sabbath, that entails removing from the private domain to the public domain through an exempt place, and even if a pit is removed from the wall of the window four handbreadths, we fill from it, for there is no public domain forming a partition from the pit to the window at the time when we are filling water other than the exempt place alone.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
Introduction
This mishnah deals with drawing water from a nearby cistern into a house or pouring water out from a house into a nearby garbage heap. In both cases this is allowed so long as both areas are private domains.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
וכן אשפה ברשות הרבים גבוהה י' טפחים – it is the private domain and we don’t suspect lest [someone] takes garbage and stands less than ten [handbreadths], and one comes to throw it, as at first, and specifically the garbage of the public, which is not made to be removed but garbage of the individual which is made to be removed we don’t throw it on the Sabbath for we are concerned that perhaps he vacates it/eases oneself on it, and it is like the public domain.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
If a cistern in a public domain had an embankment ten handbreadths high, it is permitted to draw water from it on the sabbath through a window above it. Around a cistern they would make a rim of earth. If this rim was higher than ten handbreadths, then it and all of the area from the ground and above is considered to be a private domain. The window is also a private domain and therefore, one could draw water from the cistern through the window.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
If a garbage heap in a public domain was ten handbreadths high, it is permitted to pour water on it on Shabbat from a window above it. This is basically the same situation as in the previous section. If the garbage heap is ten handbreadths high then it is a private domain, and again he is taking something (the water) from one private domain and pouring it into another private domain.
