| Day: Monday
Date: November 9, 2015
Parshat: Tolidot
Yalkut Yosef: O"H: 345
In memory of Avraham Asher ben Tzadika
With regards to Shabbat any area can be classified into one of the following four categories.
1. Reshut Hayahid: An enclosed area that is at least four tefachim by four tefachim wide, twelve and a half inches by twelve and a half inches. The height of the enclosure around it needs to be at least 10 tefachim, about 32 inches, in order to qualify. An indentation in the ground or a raised area that is four tefachim by four tefachim and is ten tefachim either deep or raised from the ground also counts.
2. Reshut Harabim: A public road or large area at least sixteen amot wide, twenty four to thirty two feet, with nothing enclosing it. If there is an enclosure but the road goes through from one side to other that is also considered to be a Reshut Harabim. There are some poskim who hold that such an area is only consisted to be a Reshut Harabim if six hundred thousand pedestrians pass through daily.
3. Carmelit: An area that is public property but is not passable due to something being in the way, such as water or a structure. That something needs to be at least four tefachim by four tefachim wide, twelve and a half inches by twelve and a half inches, in order to qualify is a Carmelit. A raised or lowered area that is at least three tefachim, nine and a half inches, high or deep is also considered to be a Carmelit. If the indentation or raised area is higher or deeper than ten tefachim it is a Reshut Hayahid as mentioned above. (S"A O"H: 345:14)
4. Makom Petur: A raised or lowered area that is at least three tefachim, nine and a half inches, high or deep but is not wide enough to be considered a Carmelit. (S"A O"H: 345:19)
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