Eruvin 67: The Advantage of a Private Second Entrance
When there's a non-Jew who lives on the same courtyard or alleyway as Jews, and the non-Jew has another exit from his house, out to a valley... which door gets the primary use? Notably, because of that second door, he doesn't negate the Jews' ability to make an eruv chatzerot. Why is his exit to the valley considered his primary used exit? Because it's uniquely his. But what if it opens to a small karpef, enclosure? That doesn't provide the same privacy or exclusivity. [What's What: MiShmei de-Ulpana] The key value of tradition in the context o eruvin, again! How large does that karpef need…
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