Commentary for Eruvin 162:11

ומודים בשאר כל האדם כו': מאן שאר כל אדם אמר רב בעל הבית

the seller might tell the buyer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Should a fire, for instance, break out where the goods were kept.');">²⁷</span> 'Your wheat was burnt in the loft'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. he would not take the trouble to save them from the fire or from any other accident. Hence the Rabbinic rule that it is meshikah that effects the transfer of possession. V. B.M. 47b. This it has been shown that in certain circumstances and for certain reasons the Sages adopted in practice the Pentateuchal law that money alone effects transfer of possession. Similarly in the case of 'erub, R. Eliezer's ruling, it may be explained, is clue to similar considerations.');">²⁸</span> THOUGH THEY AGREE THAT IN THE CASE OF ALL OTHER MEN etc. Who is meant by ALL OTHER? - Rab replied: A householder.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though he was given a ma'ah the act (since he himself deals neither in bread nor in wine) is not regarded as an order to purchase a share in the 'erub but as a mere indication to him to act as agent; and an agent may of course acquire possession for the man who appointed him.');">²⁹</span>

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