Commentary for Eruvin 201:3

אמר אביי בשיש להם ציר רבא אמר בשהיה להן ציר

on a festival day?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then is this Baraitha, which only insists on suspension, to be reconciled with our Mishnah which demands that THEY must be RAISED FROM THE GROUND?');">¹⁰</span> - Abaye replied: The latter refers to such as have a hinge.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which imparts to them the character of a proper door the closing of which cannot be mistaken for 'building'. Suspension alone is, therefore, sufficient.');">¹¹</span> Raba replied: It refers to a case where they had a hinge.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though they have none now. The mere mark of the hinge suffices to impart to them the character of a proper door (cf. prev. ii.)');">¹²</span> An objection was raised: With a door, a reed-mat or a keg,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Aliter: A plough used as a bar.');">⁸</span> that drag along the ground, whenever they are fastened, suspended and raised<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'high'.');">¹³</span>

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