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if it was breached from its side, the side wall of the alleyway, carrying within the alleyway is prohibited if the breach is 10 cubits wide. But if it was breached from its front, the wall that faces the public domain, carrying within the alleyway is prohibited even if the breach is only 4 handbre
The Talmud poses a question: What is the difference such that carrying is prohibited due to a breach from the side only if the breach is 10 cubits? This is because you say that up to 10 cubits it is deemed an entrance. If the breach is in the front, let us also say it is an entrance, and carrying
Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said: We are dealing with a case where the breach is in a corner. Since people do not make an entrance in a corner, a breach of this kind cannot be viewed as an entrance, and if the breach is larger than 4 handbreadths it must be sealed.
Rav Huna disagreed with Rav Ḥanin bar Rava and said: There is no distinction between the side and the front, for in both this case and that, a breach of up to 4 handbreadths is allowed. And so Rav Huna said to Rav Ḥanan bar Rava: Do not dispute me, as Rav himself arrived at a place called Damḥarya
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: Rav Huna’s opinion stands to reason, as it was stated that the amora’im disagree about the following issue: With regard to a crooked, L-shaped alleyway that opens onto the public domain at both ends, Rav said: Its law is like that of an alleyway that is open on two oppo