What is the status of a small courtyard (chatzer ketana) that opens into a larger courtyard — may one pray in the larger when excrement is in the smaller?
Synopsis
When a small courtyard is fully breached into a larger one, the small loses its independent domain status. The ruling governs which direction the domain rule applies for excrement.
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