Q. If there's no Eruv, can we hand something from our porch into our neighbor's porch? (Yonathan Goldwasser)

Another frequently asked question is: If there's no Eruv, can I kick or throw a ball that's in the street into my backyard so that I can play with it?

A. To answer, there are 2 types of carrying on Shabbos: 

1. Carrying more than 4 Amos in Reshus Harabim (public property).

2. Carrying from one Reshus (domain) to another, for example carrying from public property to private property, or private to public (or even from one private property to another without a special Eruv).  

It's important to realize that dragging, pushing, kicking, throwing, rolling, and handing are all forms of carrying! So in all of the above questions without an Eruv you may not throw or even hand into a different property on Shabbos.

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