Commentary for Eruvin 154:5

אי הכי אפי' צורי נמי התם כובדו קובעו

R'Aha son of Raba asked R'Ashi: What is the reason why an Egyptian ladder<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is very small. Aliter: 'A ladder of rushes or twigs'.');">⁸</span> effects no reduction? - Did you not hear, the other replied, what R'Aha B'Adda stated in the name of R'Hamnuna who had it from Rab: Because it is an object that may be moved about on the Sabbath and which, like all such objects,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and anything that may be taken on the Sabbath'.');">¹¹</span> causes no reduction? - If so, should not the same ruling apply to a Tyrian ladder also?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the latter too may be moved on the Sabbath.');">¹²</span>

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