When two ledges belonging to two different people are stacked one above the other (both above ten tefachim), and the upper ledge is four by four tefachim, may either owner use their ledge?
Synopsis
Two ledges owned by different people, stacked vertically — when the upper ledge is four by four, it is an independent domain and the two ledges prohibit each other from use.
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