partition

Our Rabbis have taught : If one is sleeping in his cloak and is unable to put forth his head because of the cold, he makes a sort of partition with his cloak around his neck and reads the Shema'. Others declare [that he makes the partition] by his heart.

spread over a chest [containing sacred books] is regarded as a receptacle within a receptacle. R. Joshua b. Levi said : For a scroll of the Torah it is necessary to make a partition of ten [hand breadths]. Mar Zotra paid a visit to Rab Ashe's house, and saw the sleeping accommodation of Mar b. Rab Ashe, whereby a scroll of the Torah was lying and for which he had made a partition of ten handbreadths. He asked him, "According to whose opinion [hast thou done this]?" "According to R. Joshua b. Levi." "Under which circumstances did R. Joshua b. Levi say that ? When there is no other room ; but the master has another room !" He said to him, "I did not think of that."

spread over a chest [containing sacred books] is regarded as a receptacle within a receptacle. R. Joshua b. Levi said : For a scroll of the Torah it is necessary to make a partition of ten [hand breadths]. Mar Zotra paid a visit to Rab Ashe's house, and saw the sleeping accommodation of Mar b. Rab Ashe, whereby a scroll of the Torah was lying and for which he had made a partition of ten handbreadths. He asked him, "According to whose opinion [hast thou done this]?" "According to R. Joshua b. Levi." "Under which circumstances did R. Joshua b. Levi say that ? When there is no other room ; but the master has another room !" He said to him, "I did not think of that."

R. Huna stated: The dispute relates only [to poles erected] on the edge of a roof: R. Jacob holds that we apply the rule of ‘draw the partition upward’ while the sages hold that we do not apply the rule of ‘draw the partition upward’. But [if they were] in the middle of the roof, all agree that [the sukkah is] invalid. R. Nahman said: there is a dispute if [the poles are] in the middle of the roof.

R. Huna stated: The dispute relates only [to poles erected] on the edge of a roof: R. Jacob holds that we apply the rule of ‘draw the partition upward’ while the sages hold that we do not apply the rule of ‘draw the partition upward’. But [if they were] in the middle of the roof, all agree that [the sukkah is] invalid. R. Nahman said: there is a dispute if [the poles are] in the middle of the roof.

Rav Yemar b. Shelemiah said in the name of Abaye: What is the reason of R. Yoshayah? As it is written: "And you shall cover the ark with the veil" (Exodus 40:3). Now since the ‘veil’ was a partition and the Torah called it a ‘covering’ it is evident that a partition [for the sukkah] must be as [close] as the covering.

Rav Yemar b. Shelemiah said in the name of Abaye: What is the reason of R. Yoshayah? As it is written: "And you shall cover the ark with the veil" (Exodus 40:3). Now since the ‘veil’ was a partition and the Torah called it a ‘covering’ it is evident that a partition [for the sukkah] must be as [close] as the covering.

Gemara. What do they argue about? One master holds the opinion that a hanging partition renders [the Sukkah] valid, and the other Master holds the opinion that a hanging partition does not render it valid.

Gemara. What do they argue about? One master holds the opinion that a hanging partition renders [the Sukkah] valid, and the other Master holds the opinion that a hanging partition does not render it valid.

We learned there A cistern between two courtyards—they do not fill up from it on Shabbat, unless they made for it a partition ten handbreadths high, whether above, below or from its rim. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says:

Bet Shammai say: below, And Bet Hillel say: above. Rabbi Judah said: the partition could not be more effective than the wall between the two courtyards.

Rabbah b. Bar Hana said in the name of R. Yohanan: R. Judah spoke according to the view of R. Yose who said that a hanging partition validates.

Now whether according to the one who says: Lest it die, or according to the one who says, Lest it escape, according to Toraitic law it is a valid partition, and it is the rabbis who made a restrictive enactment against it. But if this is so, according to R. Meir, it should convey uncleanliness [if it is used] as a covering stone of a grave, why then have we learned: R. Judah says it is subject to the laws of uncleanliness that are applicable to the covering tone of a grave, while R. Meir declares it unsusceptible to such uncleanliness?

Rather R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is upheld by wind is not a valid partition. There are others who say that R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is not made by the hands of man is no partition.

Rather R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is upheld by wind is not a valid partition. There are others who say that R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is not made by the hands of man is no partition.

Rather R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is upheld by wind is not a valid partition. There are others who say that R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is not made by the hands of man is no partition.

Rather R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is upheld by wind is not a valid partition. There are others who say that R. Aha b. Jacob said that R. Meir holds that any partition which is not made by the hands of man is no partition.

What [practical difference] is there between [the two versions]? The practical difference between them is where he set up a Sukkah wall with an inflated skin. According to the one who which says a partition which is upheld by wind is not a valid partition, [this one is invalid] since it is upheld by wind; According to the version which says ‘not made by the hands of man’ it is valid,

What [practical difference] is there between [the two versions]? The practical difference between them is where he set up a Sukkah wall with an inflated skin. According to the one who which says a partition which is upheld by wind is not a valid partition, [this one is invalid] since it is upheld by wind; According to the version which says ‘not made by the hands of man’ it is valid,

Gemara. R. Aha b. Jacob said, a partition which is unable to withstand a normal wind is not a valid partition.

Gemara. R. Aha b. Jacob said, a partition which is unable to withstand a normal wind is not a valid partition.

Come and hear: If there was there a tree, or a fence, or a partition of reeds, it is regarded as a valid corner-piece! This also refers to where he plaited it with shrubbery and bay-trees.

There was a synagogue of the Roman Jews which opened out into a room where a dead body had been put. The kohanim wanted to go in there to pray. They came and told Rava. He said: Take the ark and put it down there, since it is a wooden vessel which is meant to be stationary, and every wooden vessel which is meant to be stationary is not susceptible to defilement and forms a partition to prevent the passage of defilement.