Commentary for Eruvin 3:5

ואיבעית אימא דאורייתא נמי תני תקנתא אלא סוכה דנפישין מיליה פסיק ותני פסולה מבוי דלא נפישי מיליה תני תקנתא

If you prefer I might reply: A remedy may properly be indicated in the case of a Pentateuchal law also, but as the ordinances of a sukkah are many it was briefly stated: 'unfit',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus presenting a succinct ruling covering all disqualifications. Were remedies for each disqualification to be indicated the ruling would have extended to undue lengths, contrary to the principle of brevity in teaching (v. Pes. 3b) .');">¹⁴</span> [while in the case of] an ENTRANCE [To A BLIND ALLEY], since the regulations governing it are not many, a remedy could be indicated.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he taught'.');">¹⁵</span> Rab Judah stated in the name of Rab: The Sages<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the first Tanna of our MISHNAH:');">¹⁶</span> could have deduced it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling as to the proper measurements of an entrance. kfhv');">¹⁷</span>

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