גמ׳ טפח, טפח ומחצה בעי!
Talmud: The Talmud questions the statement in the Mishnah with regard to the minimum width of the cross beam: A handbreadth? 1½ handbreadths is required, as a small brick is 1½ handbreadths wide.
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גמ׳ טפח, טפח ומחצה בעי!
Talmud: The Talmud questions the statement in the Mishnah with regard to the minimum width of the cross beam: A handbreadth? 1½ handbreadths is required, as a small brick is 1½ handbreadths wide.
כיון דרחב לקבל טפח, אידך חצי טפח מלבין ליה בטינא משהו מהאי גיסא ומשהו מהאי גיסא, וקיימא.
The Talmud answers: Since the cross beam is wide enough to receive and hold a handbreadth, one can affix the remaining half handbreadth with plaster, a small amount on this side and a small amount on that side, and the brick will stand in place.
אמר רבה בר רב הונא: קורה שאמרו — צריכה שתהא בריאה כדי לקבל אריח, ומעמידי קורה — אינן צריכין שיהיו בריאין כדי לקבל קורה ואריח. ורב חסדא אמר: אחד זה ואחד זה צריכין שיהיו בריאין כדי לקבל קורה ואריח.
Rabba bar Rav Huna said: The cross beam of which the rabbis spoke must be sturdy enough to receive and hold a small brick; however, the supports of the cross beam need not be sturdy enough to receive and hold a cross beam and a small brick. Criteria were established for the cross beam itself, which renders the alleyway fit for one to carry within it; criteria were not established for its supports. Rav Ḥisda disagreed and said: Both this, the beam, and that, its supports, must be sturdy enough to hold a cross beam and a small brick.
אמר רב ששת: הניח קורה על גבי מבוי, ופרס עליה מחצלת והגביה מן הקרקע שלשה — קורה אין כאן מחיצה אין כאן. קורה אין כאן — דהא מיכסיא. מחיצה אין כאן — דהויא לה מחיצה שהגדיים בוקעין בה.
Rav Sheshet said: If one placed a cross beam over the entrance of an alleyway, and draped a mat over it, and raised the lower end of the mat 3 handbreadths from the ground, there is neither a cross beam here, nor is there a partition here to render the alleyway fit for one to carry within it. There is neither a cross beam here, as it is obscured and therefore inconspicuous. Nor is there a partition here, as it is a partition that is more than 3 handbreadths off the ground through which goats can pass, and therefore it does not have the legal status of a partition.
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