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The valley discussed in the Mishnah in Teharot is unusual, as it refers to a case where it has partitions that are 10 handbreadths high surrounding it. And in accordance with that which Ulla said that Rav Yoḥanan said: An enclosure [karpef], a large courtyard that is not contiguous with the house a
The Talmud asks: Granted, in explanation of the Mishnah, Rav Ashi did not say in accordance with the opinion of Ulla, as he provided a reason for it. However, what is the reason that Ulla did not say in accordance with his own halakha that he cited in the name of R' Yoḥanan? The Talmud answers: Ul
In the Tosefta, the list of places whose legal status is that of a karmelit also includes karmelit. The Talmud asks: Aren’t they, all the other places listed there, i.e., a sea, a valley, and a colonnade, a karmelit too? If so, what is this karmelit that is prominently mentioned here? The Talmud a
Similarly, when Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said that R' Yoḥanan said: Between the pillars alongside the public domain is judged like a karmelit. What is the reason for this? Although the multitudes stride there, since they cannot walk in it in a direct manner, uninterrupted,
The Talmud comments: According to the one who said that between the pillars is considered like a karmelit, all the more so a bench is considered a karmelit. However, according to the one who said that a bench is a karmelit, one could say that that is so specifically with regard to a bench because it