Commentary for Eruvin 46:1

רבי עקיבא היינו תנא קמא

Is not R'Akiba [laying down] the same ruling as the first Tanna?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Rabbis, who (supra 18a ab init.) contended that it is permissible to move objects in a garden and the like (which were not enclosed for dwelling purposes) if the area is not more than two beth se'ah i.e., about seventy and two-thirds cubits square (Rashi) .');">¹</span> The difference between them is a small area.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By which area of two beth se'ah exceeds that of seventy and two-thirds cubits square (cf. infra n. 8) . According to the first Tanna the area may be as large as two beth se'ah while according to R. Akiba it must not exceed that of 70 2/3 cubits square.');">²</span>

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