Commentary for Eruvin 35:7

לימא מתני' דלא כר"ע דתנן אחד באר הרבים ובור הרבים ובאר היחיד עושין להן פסין אבל בור היחיד עושין לו מחיצה גבוה עשרה טפחים דברי ר"ע

- It may be said [to agree] even [with the ruling of] Hanania for a cistern and a well belong to two different categories.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a cistern alone and a well alone'. In the case of a cistern, unlike that of a well, it is possible for the water to be completely used or dried up, and for an empty pit, an enclosure of strips of wood with gaps between them is invalid.');">¹⁸</span> There are [others] who read: Since it was not stated<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Baraitha just cited.');">¹⁹</span> Hanania ruled: 'Ropes must be put up round a cistern and strips of board [may be put up] round a well', it may be inferred that [according] to the view] of Hanania both in the case of a cistern and in that of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'there is no difference'.');">²⁰</span>

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