May a human partition (mechitzat bnei adam) be formed to help someone who inadvertently exited the techum return within it?

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Synopsis

When someone exits the techum inadvertently, people who have an eruv in that direction may form a human wall around him to effectively create a kosher partition, enabling him to walk within it back to his techum. This is only permitted for inadvertent exit and only if the partition-makers do not know they are being used as a partition.

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