When reading on a rooftop and the scroll rolls down the wall — may one retrieve it when it has not yet reached within ten tefachim of the ground?
Synopsis
One reads a scroll on a rooftop (private domain); the scroll rolls down toward the ground below. Once it enters the lowest ten tefachim (public domain airspace), retrieval is more restricted.
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