Commentary for Eruvin 102:6

תניא כוותיה דרב נחמן אחד עני ואחד עשיר מערבין בפת ולא יצא עשיר חוץ לתחום ויאמר שביתתי במקומי לפי שלא אמרו מערבין ברגל אלא למי שבא בדרך וחשכה דברי רבי מאיר

And who was it that learned, 'THE RABBIS' ENACTMENT THAT AN 'ERUB IS TO BE PREPARED WITH BREAD HAVING THE ONLY PURPOSE OF MAKING IT EASIER'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 356, n. 9..');">²⁰</span> - Both.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'all', R. Meir as well as R. Judah, the former also agreeing that the essence of 'erub is that the person concerned shall be on the spot which he appoints as is Sabbath base.');">²¹</span> It was taught in agreement with R'Nahman:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the dispute between R. Meir and R. Judah bears on that case only where the man who made the 'erub was on the spot that he appointed as his Sabbath base; that, according to R. Meir, only to a poor man (i.e., one who has no bread) is such all 'erub permitted, while according to R. Judah this is permitted even where bread is obtainable, and that if the person was not present at the appointed spot even R. Judah restricts the privilege to the poor or the man who has no bread.');">²²</span> Both poor and rich must prepare their 'erub with bread.

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