Does a balcony (gazuztra) protruding over water require surrounding walls before one may draw water through it on Shabbat?
Synopsis
A wooden platform or structure extends from a house wall out over water (a karmelit), with a window opening from the house onto it. The question is what construction is necessary to permit drawing water up through a hole in the balcony into the house.
More in Rooftops and Enclosures as Domains
Once valid walls are erected around a balcony over water, may one also pour waste water through the drawing hole into the water below?
3 opinions across 3 eras
Does a boat (ספינה) require surrounding walls or only a four-by-four tefach panel to permit drawing water from the sea on Shabbat?
4 opinions
When a boat's walls extend more than ten tefachim above the waterline, what arrangement is needed to permit drawing water from the sea?
4 opinions
May one pour waste water over the side of a boat onto its hull so it runs into the sea on Shabbat?
3 opinions
May one carry between two adjacent boats on Shabbat, and what conditions apply?
3 opinions
May one use a toilet on Shabbat that is built over water, given that waste falls directly from the reshut hayachid into the karmelit?
2 opinions
Does the suspended-wall leniency for a toilet apply when it protrudes outside a city wall over a dry moat (karmelit) rather than water?
3 opinions
Is the suspended-wall leniency available when a toilet is between two private houses belonging to two different people who have not made an eruv?
1 opinions
Related from other topics
Does the requirement to complete the Amidah before Kaddish apply only in Ma'ariv (where there is no Kedushah), or also in Shacharit and Minchah?
Individual Additions to Prayer
Does the requirement to juxtapose Redemption to Prayer apply on Shabbat?
Shaliach Tzibbur — Prayer Leader
Does one need to check that all four tzitzit are present and valid before going out on Shabbat?
When to Wear Tzitzit
Is one required to stand during the blessings before and after Torah reading?
Conduct During Torah Reading
What level of cleanliness is required before entering a synagogue?
Selling Synagogue Property
Is one exempt from hand washing in a desert or dangerous place without water?
Washing Hands for Bread
Discussion
Discussion coming soon.
The Daily Law
One question. Every opinion. Every morning.
A new halakhic question and the full spectrum of rabbinic thought, delivered daily.