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take root to the sides, i.e., the growing roots spread sideways and cause damage to walls? But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (Kilayim 7:1): With regard to one who bends a branch of a grapevine into the ground so that it strikes roots and produces a new vine, if it does not have 3 handbreadths of ear
And it is taught with regard to this Mishnah: But one may plant on either side of that bent branch. This indicates that there is no concern that the roots of the seeds will spread out sideways. R' Ḥagga says in the name of R' Yosei: The issue here is not that the roots will spread out sideways and
§ The Mishnah teaches: And urine must be kept at a distance of 3 handbreadths from the wall of one’s neighbor. Rabba bar bar Ḥana says: It is permitted for a person to urinate alongside the wall of another, as it is written: “And I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against the wall, and him
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a baraita: A person may not pour water at the side of the wall of another unless he distances the water 3 handbreadths from it. If pouring water is prohibited, then all the more so should urination be prohibited. The Talmud explains: There too, it is referring to
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear another proof from a baraita: A person may not urinate alongside the wall of another unless he distances himself 3 handbreadths from it. In what case is this statement said? It is said in the case of a brick wall. But in the case of a stone wall, one must distanc