Commentary for Eruvin 13:11

ר' עקיבא גמריה איסתפיק ליה ולא ידע אי בית הלל בחד בשבט אמור אי בחמיסר בשבט אמור ועבד הכא לחומרא והכא לחומרא:

in accordance with the ruling of Beth Hillel?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, maintaining that the New Year for Trees does not begin until the fifteenth of Shebat, regard the first day of the month as still belonging to the concluding year, i.e., the second of the cycle in which the 'second tithe' is due.');">²⁷</span> - R'Akiba was uncertain of his tradition,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect of the view of Beth Hillel. He was not concerned at all with the view of Beth Shammai.');">²⁸</span> not knowing whether Beth Hillel said the first of Shebat or the fifteenth of Shebat and, therefore, he subjected himself to both restrictions.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and he did here as a restriction and here etc.' ch,hu');">²⁹</span>

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