Commentary for Eruvin 120:8

לא קשיא כאן שכלתה מדתו בחצי העיר כאן שכלתה מדתו בסוף העיר

terminated within the town,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either because the town was very big or because the 'erub lay at a considerable distance from it. In such a case only is the town included in the extent of the Sabbath limit and the man is forbidden to move beyond the far side of the town.');">¹⁵</span> while the former deals with one where his measure terminated at the far end of the town;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this case all the town is regarded as being no bigger than four cubits by four, and the Sabbath limit is extended beyond the town to a distance of two thousand cubits minus the distance between the 'erub and the side of the town near it.');">¹⁶</span> this being in agreement with a ruling of R'Idi who laid down in the name of R'Joshua B'Levi: If a man<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who was overtaken by dusk underway and, being unaware of tie proximity of a town, had acquired his Sabbath abode at the spot where he happened to be at the time the Sabbath had set in (cf. supra 45a) ; (and the same law applies to a man who deposited an 'erub outside his own town) .');">¹⁷</span>

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