Commentary for Eruvin 64:4

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> יתיב רבי חייא בר אבא ורבי אסי ורבא בר נתן ויתיב רב נחמן גבייהו ויתבי וקאמרי האי אילן דקאי היכא אילימא דקאי ברשות היחיד מה לי למעלה מה לי למטה רשות היחיד עולה עד לרקיע

Where could that tree have been standing? If it be suggested that it stood in a private domain, what matters<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what (difference is it) to me'.');">⁷</span> it [it may be objected] whether it was ABOVE [A HEIGHT] OF TEN HANDBREADTHS or BELOW it, seeing that a private domain rises up to the sky? If, however, [it be suggested] that it stood in a public domain [the question arises] where did the man intend to make his Sabbath abode?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to rest'.');">⁸</span>

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