Commentary for Eruvin 150:4

לר"ע נמי תימא לתקוני שיתפתיך ולא לעוותי דאמרה לה מבטלינן לך רשותי ורבנן אין ביטול רשות מחצר לחצר

call say: 'We have associated with you in order to improve our position but not to make it worse'. Why could they not, according to R'Akiba, also say: 'We have associated with you in order to improve our position but not to make it worse'? - Because the others<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The tenants of the outer courtyard.');">⁸</span> can reply: 'We will renounce our rights of entry<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Into the inner courtyard to which we are entitled by virtue of our joint 'erub'.');">⁹</span> in your favour'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'So that our association in the 'erub would involve you in no disadvantage'. R. Akiba's prohibition of the unrestricted use of the inner courtyard is limited to the period prior to such renunciation.');">¹⁰</span> And the Rabbis?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If by renunciation the tenants of the inner courtyard regain their full rights, how could they object to their association with the other on the ground mentioned?');">¹¹</span>

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