Commentary for Eruvin 182:13

אמר ליה רבינא לרב אשי

was required: As it might have been presumed that the Rabbis differed from R'Simeon only<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'when do the Rabbis differ from R. Simeon-these words'.');">⁴⁵</span> where an erub had been prepared<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For each courtyard separately; (the meaning of 'erub in the expression 'forgot to prepare an 'erub' being shittuf) , and that the prohibition to move objects from a courtyard into the alley is due to a preventive measure against the possibility of moving objects from the houses into the alley.');">⁴⁶</span> but that where no 'erub had been prepared<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In consequence of which no objects front a house could be carried into a courtyard.');">⁴⁷</span> they agreed with him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That, since no preventive measure is called for (cf. prev. n.) , the movement of objects from the courtyard into the alley is permitted.');">⁴⁸</span> we were informed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the apparently superfluous repetition of the same ruling.');">⁴⁹</span> [that they differ in both cases].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the repetition of the ruling can be explained only by applying each statement to a different case: One where all 'erub for each courtyard had been prepared and one where none had been prepared.');">⁵⁰</span> Said Rabina to R'Ashi:

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