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and the hay in the house is slightly more than 7 handbreadths high it is considered a full-fledged partition that reaches the ceiling, as objects separated by any gap of less than 3 handbreadths are considered joined, based on the principle of lavud.
The Talmud comments. Granted, according to the opinion of Abaye, that is why the baraita teaches: If the height of the haystack was reduced to less than 10 handbreadths. However, according to Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, what is the meaning of: Less than 10? Even at the outset it was never as hi
The Talmud answers: It means that it was reduced to less than the law of 10 handbreadths. As long as the hay is slightly more than 7 handbreadths high, it is regarded as 10 handbreadths high, in accordance with the principle of lavud. Once its height is reduced to less than 7 handbreadths, the halak
The same baraita taught that if the height of the hay was reduced to less than 10 handbreadths, it is prohibited to carry in both. The Talmud comments: Should we learn from this that residents who arrive on Shabbat prohibit the other residents from carrying? At the onset of Shabbat, both sets of re
The Talmud rejects this contention: Perhaps the baraita is referring to a case where the hay was already reduced on the previous day, before Shabbat began. In that case, it was never permitted to carry at all.