What are the minimum dimensions for a reshut ha-yachid (private domain)?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that a reshut ha-yachid requires walls ten tefachim high enclosing an area of four by four tefachim, or a pit ten deep and four by four, or a mound ten high and four by four. The Rema cites an opinion that the diagonal must also be four tefachim.
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