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unless there are houses and courtyards opening into it. This formulation implies that there must be at least two courtyards, each of which contains at least two houses. In the absence of these conditions, however, it is not considered an alleyway that can be permitted by means of a side post or a c
Abaye said to Rav Yosef: Did R' Yoḥanan say that even a vineyard path and a courtyard with a house suffice to allow a side post or a cross beam to render carrying in the alleyway permitted? He said to him: R' Yoḥanan said his ruling only in the case of a ruin, which is fit to serve as a residence.
Rav Huna bar Ḥinnana said: And R' Yoḥanan followed his regular line of reasoning in this regard, as we learned in a Mishnah that R' Shimon said: Roofs, enclosures, and courtyards are all considered one domain with regard to vessels that rested inside them at the beginning of Shabbat. Therefore, it i
And Rav said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon. And this is only in a case where the residents of the courtyards did not establish an eiruv for each courtyard, so that they may only carry the vessels left in the courtyards, but they may not take out vessels from their house
And Shmuel said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, whether the residents of the courtyards established an eiruv for each courtyard or whether they did not establish an eiruv for each courtyard. And so too, R' Yoḥanan said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R