Commentary for Eruvin 33:22

לא צריכא אף על גב

R'Judah B'Tema ruled: They may also encamp in any place, and are to be buried where they are killed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. 'Er. II.');">⁴³</span> 'Are permitted to commandeer dry wood'. Was not this, however, an enactment of Joshua,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he entered Canaan.');">⁴⁴</span> for a Master stated that Joshua laid down ten stipulations [which included the following:] That [people] shall be allowed to feed their cattle in the woods<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of other people.');">⁴⁵</span> and to gather wood from their<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of other people.');">⁴⁵</span> fields?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.K. 80bf.');">⁴⁶</span> - [The enactment] there related to thorns and shrubs [while the ruling] here refers to other kinds of wood. Or else: There<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The enactment of Joshua.');">⁴⁷</span> [it is a case of trees] that are attached [to the ground,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such trees are permitted to all.');">⁴⁸</span> while the ruling] here [refers to such] as were [already] detached.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The owner having cut them for fuel. Such wood is permitted to an army only.');">⁴⁹</span> Or else: There<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The enactment of Joshua.');">⁴⁷</span> [it is a case] of fresh, and here [it is one] of dry [wood]. R'Judah B'Tema ruled: They may also encamp in any place, and are to be buried where they are killed'. Is not this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The second ruling of R. Judah b. Tema.');">⁵⁰</span> obvious, since [a killed warrior is] a meth mizwah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">³⁹</span> and a meth mizwah acquires [the right to be buried on] the spot where it is found?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'its place'. This is another of the ten enactments of Joshua. Sot. 45b, B.K. 81a, Sanh. 47b.');">⁵¹</span> - [This ruling was] required only [for the following case:] Although

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