When the pit and window are on the same horizontal level (diota achat), is it permitted to draw water through the window via a bucket lowered to the pit?
Synopsis
When the pit and window are on the same level, passing an item from one private domain to another over public domain (hoshata) may constitute a Torah-level prohibition, creating a dispute about whether drawing water in this configuration is ever permitted.
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When a pit in the public domain has an embankment (chulyah) and the pit is within four tefachim of the private domain, is it permitted to draw water from it into the private domain even if the embankment is less than ten tefachim tall?
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When a pit in the public domain is four or more tefachim from the private domain, may one draw water from it into the private domain?
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Does a pit combine with its surrounding embankment (chulyah) to reach the ten-tefach threshold required for the pit to be classified as a private domain?
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May one throw objects from the private domain into a public trash pile (ashpah shel rabim) in the public domain that is ten tefachim tall and four wide?
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Is throwing objects from a private domain into a private (individually-owned) trash heap in the public domain permitted?
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Does a trash heap in the public domain require a minimum width of four tefachim to be classified as a private domain, or does even a narrower heap qualify?
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