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End Chapter 7, Mishna 12, 13

Learning a lesson about whether the doorways of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple were considered part of the sacred spaces they abutted from the status of the rooftops. The roof of the Holy of Holies. The tunnels under the Temple Mount. The “lepers” of the Jerusalem were not like the lepers depicted in the film Ben Hur. The measuring rod of the Holy Temple slightly cheated the artisans who served the Temple in order to protect them from unintentionally misappropriating consecrated property. What do we do when good manners in the culture contradict traditions received from our Sages?