Commentary for Eruvin 134:14

יתר מבית סאתים דאסור לטלטולי בכוליה שרו רבנן לטלטולי מתוכו לים ומן הים לתוכו מ"ט דלמא אמרי רה"י גמורה היא ואתי לטלטולי בכוליה

and they themselves have also laid down the other ruling:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The one in the first clause of the Baraitha cited by R. Huna b. Hinena as defined by the limitation at its conclusion. Since both rulings are merely Rabbinical and not Pentateuchal the Rabbis could well abrogate one in favour of the other wherever the general requirements of the Sabbath laws demanded such a course; as will be explained anon.');">⁴⁷</span> They have laid down the ruling that in a karpaf that was bigger than two beth se'ah and that was not enclosed for dwelling purposes the movement of objects is permitted Only within four cubits,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. that it has been given the status of a karmelith as a restriction and safeguard against mistaking it for a public domain and applying its relaxation to the latter also. It is nevertheless forbidden to move airy objects from it into a public domain or vice versa since, as R. Johanan stated, it is Pentateuchally regarded as a private domain proper.');">⁴⁸</span> and they themselves have also laid down the ruling that no objects may be moved from a private domain into a karmelith.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a precaution against the moving of objects from a private into a public domain.');">⁴⁹</span> [In the case, therefore, of a rock that was no bigger than] two beth se'ah, throughout the area of which the movement of objects is permitted, the Rabbis have forbidden the movement of objects from the sea into it as well as from it into the sea.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the prohibition only strengthens the Sabbath laws and can in no way lead, as in the case that follows, to their infringement.');">⁵⁰</span>

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