[Avodah] Glatt Yosher?

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 12/29/06, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> To drift even further: Why is it mutar to own a stage without a maakah?

Looking in Shulchan Aruch (CM 427) and Rambam (Hilchos Rotzeich v'Shmiras
Haguf 11), it doesn't seem that 10 tefachim is relevant for height of the
roof, only for height of the fence.  In s'if 4 (in SA) it says that the
mitzvah also requires you to protect against other dangers, such as wells
and pits, by covering them or putting a maakeh.  It seems from the lashon
there that the definition of dangerous is subjective, and the nos'ei
keilim bring halachos about owning dangerous dogs etc., and it does not
seem that a ma'akeh specifically is necessary.