Commentary for Eruvin 161:1

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנינא חדא זימנא בכל מערבין ומשתתפין חוץ מן המים והמלח

<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Have we not once learnt: With all kinds [of food] may 'erub and shittuf be effected, except water and salt?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mishnah supra 26b. Why then was the same statement repeated?');">¹</span> Rabbah replied: [Our Mishnah was intended] to exclude the view of R Joshua, who ruled that only a LOAF OF BREAD IS admissible<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As 'erub. Lit., 'yes'.');">²</span>

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