Commentary for Eruvin 58:15

אמר רב יוסף מנא אמינא לה דהני פרסאי אכלי טבהקי בלא נהמא אמר ליה אביי ופרסאי הוו רובא דעלמא והתנן בגדי עניים לעניים בגדי עשירים לעשירים

eat it, and after that drink some diluted wine.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi; 'clear' (R. Han.) .');">⁴⁵</span> Rab Judah stated in the name of Samuel: Any relish<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is desired to use it for an 'erub.');">⁴⁶</span> [must consist of a quantity that is] sufficient to ea with it [a quantity of bread for two meals] but any [foodstuff] that is no relish [must consist of a quantity] sufficient in itself for two meals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to eat from it'.');">⁴⁷</span> Raw meat [also must consist of a quantity] sufficient for two meals.' As to roasted meat, Rabbah ruled [that it must be] sufficient to eat with it [a quantity of bread required for two meals], and R'Joseph ruled, [It must be] sufficient in itself for two meals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to eat from it'.');">⁴⁷</span> 'Whence said R'Joseph, 'do I derive this?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His ruling.');">⁴⁸</span> [From the practice] of the Persians who eat chunks of roasted meat without bread'. Said Abaye to him: Are the Persians a majority of the world?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom all the others must follow. thb,vu ib,vu');">⁴⁹</span> Was it not in fact taught,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , so MS.M. and marg. note. Cur. edd. .');">⁵⁰</span> The webs of the poor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. strips of cloth of the size of three fingers by three fingers.');">⁵¹</span> [are susceptible to uncleanness in the case] of the poor and the webs of the rich<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Pieces of cloth of the size of three by three handbreadths.');">⁵²</span> [are susceptible to uncleanness even in the case] of the rich

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