Commentary for Eruvin 145:3
התם אנן סהדי דאי ממטו להו ריפתא התם טפי ניחא להו
- In that case<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Spoken of in the Baraitha just cited.');"><sup>8</sup></span> we are witnesses that they would have been more pleased if bread had been brought to them there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Into the field where they are spending the night. It is for this reason only that their dining-place in the town is disregarded.');"><sup>9</sup></span> Said R'Joseph, 'l have never heard this tradition'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of Rab. R. Joseph having lost his memory after a serious illness was often making this remark.');"><sup>10</sup></span> 'You yourself', Abaye reminded him, 'have told it to us, and you said it in connection with the following: BROTHERS WHO WERE EATING AT THEIR FATHER'S TABLE BUT SLEPT IN THEIR OWN HOUSES MUST EACH CONTRIBUTE A SHARE TO THE 'ERUB, concerning which we asked you: Does this then imply that the night's lodging-place is the cause of the obligation of 'erub?
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