Bava Batra 99 - October 2, 29 Elul
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Rabbi Levi explains that the cherubs (kruvim) miraculously did not take up space in the kodesh h’kodashim. This statement is supported by Shmuel’s resolution to the contraction in the verses. However, other rabbis provided alternate suggestions to explain how they fit in the room in a non-miraculous manner. Did the cherubs face one other or did they face the heichal? When one has a pit in another's property and has an access route or an inner garden within an outer one, what are that person’s right to that path - when can they use it, for what can they use it? If one had a public path going through one’s property and took it back and provided a different public path on the side of the property, both paths remain public property. Why is the owner not allowed to block off access to the old road, isn’t one allowed to take the law into one’s own hand in a case of financial loss?! Three different rabbis each suggest a different interpretation. 
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