Commentary for Eruvin 150:14

ור' יוחנן אמר אפילו חיצון חיצון בית שער הוא חיצון של פנימי

and this is sufficient.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' None of the other nine tenants need make any contribution to the 'erub.');">⁵⁰</span> R'Johanan, however, ruled: Even the outer one must contribute to it.' The outer one'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is at present presumed to refer to the outermost house that opens directly into the courtyard.');">⁵¹</span> Is it not like a gate-house?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For all the nine tenants whose only way to the courtyard lies through it.');">⁵²</span> - The outer house of the innermost one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the last house but one, or the ninth from the courtyard, which is used as a passage by the innermost tenant only. All the other houses, however, since they are used as thoroughfares for two or more tenants definitely assume the status of gate-houses which do not contribute to the 'erub of the courtyard.');">⁵³</span>

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