When ten houses are arranged in a row (each inside the other) with all residents passing through to reach the outermost exit to the courtyard, how many need to contribute to the eruv?
Synopsis
Only the two innermost houses must contribute to the eruv; all the others are considered gatehouses (batei sha'ar) through which the residents of the inner houses pass and are therefore exempt.
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When courtyard residents all eat at one table, do they need to make a separate eruv with each other?
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When a person eats in one place and sleeps in another (e.g., brothers who eat in their father's house but sleep in their own), which location determines where they create an eruv restriction?
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