Commentary for Eruvin 189:14

ועוד א"ר יהודה מערבין למבוי המפולש וחכמים אוסרין:

and when R'Hana of Bagdad asked Rab Judah, 'Did Samuel say this even in respect of an alley whose cross-beam or side-post has been taken away? ' he replied: 'Concerning 'erubs did I tell you, but not concerning partitions'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Loc. cit. q.v. notes. Now, since R. Judah in our Mishnah deals with a question concerning partitions, how, in view of the reply Rab Judah gave to R. Hana, could it be maintained that Samuel pronounced the halachah here to be in agreement with R. Judah's ruling?');">³⁰</span> R'Anan replied: It was explained to me by Samuel that one statement<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the halachah agrees with12. R. Judah.');">³¹</span> referred to a courtyard<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'here'.');">³²</span>

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