Commentary for Eruvin 194:17

רב אשי אמר הכא בחבית דהפקר עסקינן ומים דהפקר עסקינן ומאן אמרו לו רבי יוחנן בן נורי היא דאמר חפצי הפקר קונין שביתה ומאי לא תהלך זו יותר מרגלי הבעלים לא יהלכו אלו יותר מכלים שיש להם בעלים:

R'Ashi explained:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The difficulty raised by R. Joseph.');">⁴⁵</span> Here we are dealing with a jar and water both of which were ownerless,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hefker so that whosoever picks them up acquires them and may, therefore, carry them to the ends of his own Sabbath limits.');">⁴⁷</span> And whose [view is expressed in what] THEY SAID TO HIM? - That of R'Johanan B'Nuri who holds that ownerless objects acquire their place for the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 45b.');">⁴⁸</span> And what<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the jar and the water were ownerless.');">⁴⁹</span>

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