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The Torah obligates a person to build a fence around his roof so that no one falls off it. It is derived from the pasuk "כי תבנה בית חדש ועשית מעקה לגגך ולא תשים דמים בביתך" - "When a person builds a new house he shall build a fence for his roof; he should not allow blood to be spilled in his home."<ref>Devarim 22:8</ref> Chazal include building a fence around other structures that are dangerous without a fence.<ref>Sifrei Devarim 22:8</ref> | |||
==Obligation== | ==Obligation== | ||
#There is a positive Torah command to build a fence on the roof of a house that’s used for living.<ref>Based on the pasuk Devarim 22:8 כִּ֤י תִבְנֶה֙ בַּ֣יִת חָדָ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מַעֲקֶ֖ה לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ, Sefer | #There is a positive Torah command to build a fence on the roof of a house that’s used for living.<ref>Based on the pasuk, Devarim 22:8, כִּ֤י תִבְנֶה֙ בַּ֣יִת חָדָ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מַעֲקֶ֖ה לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ, Sefer Hachinuch 546, Rambam Sefer Hamitzvot Aseh 184, Sefer HaMitzvot Hakatzar of the Chofetz Chaim 77, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 190:1 </ref> | ||
#The fence on the roof must be ten Tefachim (86 centimeters) and strong enough so it would prevent someone from falling.<ref> | #The fence on the roof must be ten Tefachim (86 centimeters) and strong enough so it would prevent someone from falling.<ref>Shulchan Aruch C.M. 427:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 190:1 </ref> | ||
==Which Roofs?== | ==Which Roofs?== | ||
#Any flat roof requires a maakeh (a three-foot wall to keep people from falling off), even if people only walk on the roof occasionally.<ref>Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:35 </ref> A roof that is not used does not need a fence.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 190:1 </ref> | #Any flat roof requires a maakeh (a three-foot wall to keep people from falling off), even if people only walk on the roof occasionally.<ref>Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:35 </ref> A roof that is not used does not need a fence.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 190:1 </ref> | ||
#Shuls and Batei Midrash are exempt from putting a fence on the roof since these buildings aren’t meant for living.<ref> | #Shuls and Batei Midrash are exempt from putting a fence on the roof since these buildings aren’t meant for living.<ref>Shulchan Aruch C.M. 427:3 based on Gemara Chullin 136a </ref> | ||
#Some say that there’s no obligation for a slanted roof.<ref>See Mishneh Halachot 4:243, Yalkut Yosef (Chupah VeKiddushin pg 669) </ref> | #Some say that there’s no obligation for a slanted roof.<ref>See Mishneh Halachot 4:243, Yalkut Yosef (Chupah VeKiddushin pg 669) </ref> | ||
#A building used for storage or animals doesn’t require a fence on the roof.<ref> | #A building used for storage or animals doesn’t require a fence on the roof.<ref>Shulchan Aruch C.M. 427:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 190:1 </ref> | ||
==Other Things== | ==Other Things== | ||
