Commentary for Eruvin 57:3

אמר רב חסדא תבשיל של תרדין יפה ללב וטוב לעינים וכל שכן לבני מעיים אמר אביי והוא דיתיב אבי תפי ועביד תוך תוך

Raba [once] said: 'I am [to-day] in the condition of Ben Azzai in the markets of Tiberias'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ben Azzai was the most prominent dialectician of his day and his discourses were usually delivered in the market place of Tiberias (cf. Bek. 58a) . Raba felt so elated on the day this remark was made that he was prepared to accept any dialectical challenge.');">⁷</span> Sand one of the younger Rabbis to him, 'With what quantity of apples [may an 'erub be prepared]? ' - 'Is it permissible', the other replied: 'to prepare an erub from apples? ' - 'Is it not [permitted]? Have we not in fact learnt: All kinds of food<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That were levitically unclean.');">⁸</span> may be combined<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though each one by itself is less than the prescribed quantity. xrp hmj');">⁹</span>

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