Commentary for Eruvin 46:6

פשטיה דקרא במאי כתיב אמר אביי העמד משכן על שפת חמשים כדי שיהא חמשים אמה לפניו ועשרים אמה לכל רוח ורוח:

the ordinary meaning of the text?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which speaks of the Tabernacle. What point was there in adding 'by fifty' to the dimension of length and breadth already given?');">¹⁰</span> - Abaye replied: Put up the Tabernacle at the edge of fifty cubits so that there might be [a space of] fifty cubits<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. fifty by fifty (v. next note) .');">¹¹</span>

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