Commentary for Eruvin 154:3

סולם המצרי אינו ממעט והצורי ממעט: היכי דמי סולם המצרי אמרי דבי רבי ינאי כל שאין לו ארבעה חווקים

was required in that case only where a hoe or pickaxe is necessary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the removal of the bowl. As removal in such circumstances would involve work that is definitely forbidden on the Sabbath the bowl would have to remain in its position throughout the Sabbath day, and consequently may also be regarded as 'a valid reduction'.');">⁷</span> An Egyptian ladder<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is very small. Aliter: 'A ladder of rushes or twigs'.');">⁸</span> effects no reduction<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of the smallness of its size or the frailty of its structure which makes it easily portable.');">⁹</span>

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