When two courtyards share a pit and have not made a joint eruv, what partition arrangement is required to permit drawing water from it on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that a partition of ten handbreadths must be constructed above the waterline, with one handbreadth descending into the water, to visibly separate the two domains and permit drawing. The Aruch HaShulchan elaborates on the details of valid partition configurations.
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