Commentary for Eruvin 39:14

הא נמי פשיטא אי לאו דבעלמא מחיצה היא גבי בור היכי משתרי ליה לטלטלי לא צריכא אע"ג דקא בקעי בה רבים

but not to moving?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the moving of objects within it is forbidden Rabbinically. How then could Abaye maintain that the partition is in all respects valid?');">²⁸</span> R'Nahman's statement was made only in respect of [a partition that was put up]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath.');">²⁹</span> intentionally.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition of the moving of objects being a penalty imposed in Rabbinic law for one's wilful transgression. As this penalty does not apply to an unwitting act it cannot obviously apply to a partition of which Abaye spoke, which came into existence automatically.');">³⁰</span>

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