When balcony residents descend via a ladder into a shared courtyard and exit to the public domain, do they restrict the courtyard residents from carrying if they did not make a joint eruv?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that balcony residents who access the courtyard via a ladder do not restrict the courtyard residents, since a ladder has the legal status of a doorway, making the two spaces analogous to two separate courtyards. They may each make their own eruv or a joint one, provided the balcony residents make an eruv among themselves.
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