Commentary for Eruvin 161:8

והתניא כדי דימועה מערבין לו בה כדי חלתה אין מערבין לו בה

should not a slice of a loaf be admissible? - R'Jose B'Saul citing Rabbi replied: On account of possible ill-feeling.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were one neighbour to be allowed to contribute a slice of bread while another contributed a whole loaf disputes might arise and ill-feeling would be engendered.');">¹³</span> Said R'Aha son of Raba to R'Ashi: What then is the law, where all the residents contributed slices [of bread to their 'erub]? - He replied: There may be a recurrence of the trouble.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were slices to be allowed in such a case people might begin to contribute slices even where their neighbours contributed whole loaves and again ill-feeling would arise. Never, therefore, must a slice be contributed to an 'erub.');">¹⁴</span>

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