Commentary for Eruvin 53:11

חד מתני אעירוב ל"ש אלא מים בפני עצמו ומלח בפני עצמו דאין מערבין אבל במים ומלח מערבין

One applied [the following limitation]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Was taught only in respect' etc.');">²⁷</span> to 'erub and the other applied it to the [second] tithe.' One applied [the following limitation] to 'erub' [thus: The ruling that] no 'erub may be prepared [from water and salt] was taught only in respect of water by itself or salt by itself; but from water and salt [that were mingled together,] an 'erub may well be prepared.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Salt water is regarded as a food.');">²⁸</span> 'And the other applied it to the [second] tithe', [thus: The ruling that] no [water or salt] may be purchased [with money of the second tithe] was taught only in respect of water by itself or salt by itself; but water and salt [that were mingled together] may well be purchased with money of the [second] tithe.'

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