Commentary for Eruvin 195:4

איתיביה אביי תוך ד' אמות גוללו אצלו חוץ לד' הופכו על הכתב ואי אמרת באיסקופה נדרסת עסקינן מה לי תוך ד' אמות מה לי חוץ לארבע אמות

[If it rested] within four cubits<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the ground.');">⁸</span> one may roll it back to oneself, [but if it rested] without the four cubits one must turn it over with its writing downwards. Now if you maintain that we are dealing with a threshold that was trodden upon by the public<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And that, in order to protect the sacred scroll from abuse, a shebuth was dispensed with.');">⁹</span>

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