Commentary for Eruvin 59:2

וכי תימא הכא לחומרא והכא לחומרא והתניא רבי שמעון בן אלעזר אומר מערבין לחולה ולזקן כדי מזונו ולרעבתן בסעודה בינונית של כל אדם קשיא

[for two meals]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though an average man requires more.');">⁴</span> and for- a glutton with [food for two meals, each being] a moderate meal for the average man?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the glutton requires more than a moderate meal. From this it follows that in the case of 'erub the less restrictive rulings are followed. Why then should the more restrictive ones be followed in the case of roasted meat?');">⁵</span> - This is a difficulty.

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