Commentary for Eruvin 201:6

ת"ר סוכי קוצים וחבילין שהתקינן לפירצה שבחצר בזמן שקשורין ותלויין נועלין בהן בשבת וא"צ לומר ביו"ט

R'Hiyya learned: With a widowed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained anon.');">¹⁷</span> door that is dragged upon the ground it is not permitted to close tan opening]. What are we to understand by a 'widowed door'? - Some say: One made of a single board.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By inserting into a gap such a board which has no resemblance to a door, one appears to be actually building on the Sabbath.');">¹⁸</span> Others Say: One that has no frame.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To bind it together (cf. Rashi) or against which to shut (cf. Jast.) .');">¹⁹</span> Rab Judah ruled: A pile<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For making a fire on a festival day.');">²⁰</span>

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