Commentary for Eruvin 208:5

גופא לא כל הבורות הקרות התירו אלא זו בלבד וכשעלו בני הגולה חנו עליה ונביאים שביניהן התירו להן ולא נביאים שביניהן אלא מנהג אבותם בידיהם:

Not all the haker cisterns, but only this one, did they permit. And when the exiles returned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'went up'.');">⁹</span> they encamped by it, and the prophets among then, permitted them to use it [on Festivals]; and not only the prophets among them did this but it was a practice of their forefathers that they upheld.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in their hands'.');">¹⁰</span>

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