Commentary for Eruvin 182:8

והא לא עירבו קתני מאי לא עירבו לא נשתתפו

The reason then<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why according to R. Simeon it is permitted to carry objects from a courtyard into the alley.');">²⁷</span> is that no 'erub had been prepared<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 9; so that no objects from the houses may be carried into the courtyard and no preventive measure against the possibility of carrying them into the alley is called for.');">²⁸</span> but if they had prepared One<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In reliance on which objects from the houses could be carried into the courtyard.');">²⁹</span> this would not have been the case, would it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since a preventive measure against the possibility of carrying objects from the houses into the alley would have been necessary. A distinction is thus drawn between a case where 'erub has, and one where it has not been prepared. All objection against Samuel and R. Johanan.');">³⁰</span>

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