1,214. Creating a Public Nuisance

184:4 If one's neighbor has a headache and the sound of hammering would make it worse, then one may not pound grain even in one's own home so that the noise will not reach the neighbor's home and disturb him.

184:5 There are many other things when it comes to damages that a person might potentially cause his neighbor, or to the public. The general principle is that one is not permitted to do anything - even in his own domain and all the more so in a public place - that could cause damage to a neighbor or to passersby in the public thoroughfare unless it's something that has become accepted for everyone to do. In such a case, their actions are considered approved of by all the inhabitants of the city.