Commentary for Eruvin 102:1

עני הוא דאקילו רבנן עילויה אבל עשיר לא

[and that, therefore, it is only for] a poor man<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one who was on a journey and had no bread with him.');">¹</span> that the Rabbis have relaxed the law,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In permitting him to acquire the place on which he stood as his Sabbath base though he deposited no bread there.');">²</span> but not for a rich man; while R'Judah holds that the essence of an 'erub is [the position of] one's feet, Irrespective of whether one i poor or rich; but where the expression used was 'In such and such a place'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the man appointed as his Sabbath base some specified spot in the distance.');">³</span> all<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even R. Judah.');">⁴</span>

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