Commentary for Eruvin 113:5
אמר ליה רבינא לרב אשי והא סביב כתיב
Rabina explained: What is meant by 'a quarter'? A quarter of the area of the limits.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Rabina the reference is, as was first assumed (cf. supra text and notes) , to a city whose area was 2,000 by 2,000 sq. cubits, and the area of whose limits, (i.e., the strips of 2,000 cubits perpendicular distance from its confines) plus the area of the corners between them, is 2,000 X 2,000 X 8 = 32,000,000 sq. cubits, while the area of its open spaces along the limits, amounts to 2,000 X 1,000 X 4= 8,000,000 sq. cubits, 8,000,000/32,000,000 = 1/4 which is the 'quarter' spoken of. Rabina is of the opinion that no land for the purpose of open space was set aside in htn the corners. V. Tosaf. s.v. thhk');"><sup>7</sup></span> R'Ashi explained: What is meant by 'a quarter'?
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