Mishnah Oholot 6:4-5 · Beginner voice, Standard

Hook

Have you ever lived in an apartment building and wondered whose responsibility the shared wall actually is? When your neighbor hammers a nail to hang a mirror at seven in the morning, is that sound happening in their home, or is it already inside yours? What about a leak dripping between the floorboards of the upstairs unit and the ceiling of the downstairs unit?

Shared boundaries are tricky. We want clear lines between "mine" and "yours," but real life is rarely that clean. Walls have thickness. Ceilings have depth. Life has a funny way of getting wedged right in the middle of our neat categories.