Commentary for Eruvin 176:20
אמר אביי הלכך אפילו כור ואפילו כוריים:
R'Nahman ruled: In the rainy season, if a trough<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In a courtyard, prepared for the reception of waste water.');"><sup>50</sup></span> is capable of holding two se'ah it is permitted to pour two se'ah of water into it, and it if call hold one se'ah only one se'ah of water is permitted; in the hot seaso however, if the trough can hold two se'ah one is allowed two se'ah but if it can hold one se'ah one is not allowed to pour into it any water at all. Why should it not be allowed in the hot season also to pour into it a se'ah if it can hold a se'ah? - A preventive measure has been enacted against the possibility of one's pouring two se'ah into it.
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