Commentary for Eruvin 156:10

א"ל אילן מותר ואשירה אסורה מתקיף לה רב חסדא אדרבה אילן שאיסור שבת גורם לו ניתסר

from its preservation;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He derives, therefore, no benefit from the grove. The benefit he may seem to derive at twilight, when the 'erub acquires validity, is in fact no benefit in the material sense, since an erub of Sabbath limits is allowed only for the purpose of enabling one to perform a religious act the benefit from which is purely spiritual. In the case of an 'erub of courtyards, however, which does serve the tenants' material benefits, and a doorway between courtyards the benefit of which is enjoyed throughout the Sabbath, R. Judah may well agree that an Asherah as a 'doorway' is invalid.');">³⁴</span> or is it possible that even according to the Rabbis an Asherah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the tenants do not use the Sabbath itself.');">³⁵</span> has the status of a doorway,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By means of which the tenants of both courtyards are enabled to merge their two domains into one.');">³⁶</span> except that a lion crouches at its side?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 546, n. 4 mut. mut.');">³⁷</span>

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