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?
Synopsis
The pit and its embankment combine to reach ten tefachim to qualify the pit as a private domain, even if neither alone reaches ten tefachim.
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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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