Commentary for Eruvin 18:10

אמר ר' זירא בנכנסין כותלי קטנה לגדולה

Said Rabbah: We, however, raised an objection against this traditional ruling: [If the full width of a wall of] a small courtyard was broken down [so that the yard now fully opens out] into a large courtyard, [movement of objects on the Sabbath] is permitted in the large one but forbidden in the small one because the gap is regarded as an entrance to the former.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 8a q.v. notes, infra 92a.');">²³</span> Now, if this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling of Rabbah b. R. Huna.');">²⁴</span> is valid, should not the movement of objects in the small courtyard also be permitted on [the principle that the entrance may be] seen without<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. from the larger courtyard.');">²⁵</span>

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