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What is the legal minimum requirement in feet of width when shoveling a path in front of your property? Does it have to accommodate 2 people walking side by side?
If anyone knows please respond.
Shoveling snow is a real halakhic concern, since not shoveling endangers others. Some poskim even say you’re allowed to plow snow on shabbos when it’s an issue of public safety.
The Sefer haNoten Sheleg brings down that gedolim such as Reb Chaim Volozhiner and the Chofetz Chaim didn’t feel shoveling snow was beneath their kavod.
I grew up with my father always making sure the entire sidwalk was shoveled. I believe R’ Avigdor Miller, zt”l, said that the path should be made for 2 people to pass.
Now that i have a home of my own, i too make sure our entire sidewalk is shoveled (and yes we have to shovel not just the 20 feet width in front of our house, we have to shovel the legth of the house too…)
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