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And one does not render it an extension of the city limits when it is located between two cities. Two cities between which there is a distance of more than 141⅓ cubits cannot be joined and considered as a single city for the purpose of measuring the Shabbat limit for one city from the edge of the s
In answer to the question with regard to the identity of the tanna of the baraita, the Talmud says: Let us say that the tanna of the baraita is R' Yehuda HaNasi and not the Rabbis, as it is R' Yehuda HaNasi who holds that a sukka with an area of less than 4 by 4 cubits is unfit. The Talmud rejects
§ The Talmud briefly discusses the halakhot listed in the baraita: The Master said that a house in which there is an area of less than 4 by 4 cubits it is exempt from the mitzva of placing a mezuza on its doorpost, and it is exempt from the obligation of establishing a parapet around its roof, and i
And by rabbinic law, one need not join the houses in the courtyards for a house with that area, and one need not merge the courtyards that open into an alleyway for a courtyard in which the area of its only house is less than 4 by 4 cubits. And one does not place the food collected for the joining o
What is the reason for this distinction? It is due to the fact that it is no less a residence than a courtyard in the alleyway. An unroofed courtyard is not fit for residence, and nevertheless the food for the merging of alleyways may be placed there, as we learned in a baraita in tractate Eiruvin