Can an heir renounce domain when the deceased did not make an eruv and died on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that an heir who comes to live in the courtyard and thereby restricts others can perform bitul reshut, even though the deceased could not have made an eruv on Shabbat.
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