Commentary for Eruvin 150:13

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל י' בתים זה לפנים מזה פנימי נותן את עירובו ודיו

presumes that the gentile has duly let his right of way? - The average gentile, if ever he lets his right,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In connection with Sabbath.');">⁴⁵</span> makes a noise about it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is possible, therefore, for a person who was unaware that the inner courtyard was occupied by one gentile only to assume that it was occupied by more than one, and that the reason why they imposed no restrictions was not because they let their right of way to the Israelite (for had they done so they would have made a noise about it) but because (a) right of way imposes no restrictions or because (b) an 'erub prepared by the Israelite tenants of the two courtyards is effective even though the gentile tenant did not let them his right of way. Hence the necessity for R. Eleazar's preventive measure.');">⁴⁶</span> Rab Judah citing Samuel ruled: If there were ten houses one within the other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only the door of the outermost house opening into a courtyard into which doors of the houses of other tenants also opened.');">⁴⁷</span> the innermost one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since its tenant has the right of way through all the other nine houses each of which is in consequence regarded as his 'gate-house' (cf. supra 72b, infra 85b) .');">⁴⁸</span> contributes the 'erub,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the other tenants (cf. supra n. 5) of the courtyard.');">⁴⁹</span>

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