Commentary for Eruvin 202:4

ובזמן שהמנעול למעלה מעשרה מביא מפתח מערב שבת ומניחו במנעול למחר פותח ונועל ומחזירו למקומו דברי רבי מאיר

if they have one on either side they may be opened and shut from either side;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 11.');">⁸</span> if they have none on either side they may be neither opened nor shut from either side.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though the key was within the lock. They may not be opened from within as a preventive measure against the possibility of taking the key from the private domain (the lock) into a karmelith (the garden) add they may not be opened from without as a preventive measure against the possibility of taking the key from the private domain into the public domain.');">⁹</span> The same law applies also to shops that open into a public domain:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is discussed infra.');">¹⁰</span>

Explore commentary for Eruvin 202:4. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.