י חוֹרֵי רְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד הֲרֵי הֵן כִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד. אֲבָל חוֹרֵי רְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אֵינָם כִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אֶלָּא הֲרֵי הֵן כְּפִי מִדָּתָן. כֵּיצַד. חוֹר בְּצַד רְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אִם יֵשׁ בּוֹ אַרְבָּעָה עַל אַרְבָּעָה וְגָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה הֲרֵי הוּא רְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד. וְאִם אֵין גָּבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה הֲרֵי זֶה כַּרְמְלִית. וְאִם אֵין בּוֹ אַרְבָּעָה עַל אַרְבָּעָה הֲרֵי זֶה מְקוֹם פְּטוֹר. וְהוּא שֶׁגָּבוֹהַּ שְׁלֹשָׁה. שֶׁכָּל הַפָּחוּת מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה הֲרֵי הוּא כָּאָרֶץ:
10 Holes [in walls, adjacent] to the private domain are like the private domain. But holes [in walls, adjacent] to the public domain are not like the public domain, but are rather [defined] according to their measurements. How is this? A hole on the side of the public domain: If it has four by four [handbreadths] and it is ten high, it is surely a private domain. But if it is not ten high, it is surely a carmelit. However, if it does not have four by four [handbreadths], it is surely an exempt space. And that is when it is [at least] three high, as anything less than three is like the ground.