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MB4 242b: Ditches or Piles of Straw Between Two Chatzeiros (372:17-19)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Vis-a-vis hilchot eruvin, ditches have the same status and requirements as a wall.

Merging two courtyards that have a ditch between them via a plank or by filling it with straw. When would they have to make one eruv?

The dimensions of the plank.

If the ditch is filled with straw can the straw be used on Shabbos?

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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