If a trench ten handbreadths deep and four wide separates two courtyards, may they join in one eruv even if the trench is filled with straw?
Synopsis
A trench with the same dimensions as a partition (10 deep, 4 wide) divides courtyards. The question is what material must fill it to allow joint eruv.
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