Commentary for Eruvin 65:1

ונתכוין לשבות בעיקרו ומאי למעלה ומאי למטה דהדר זקיף

while the man intended to acquire his Sabbath abode at its root;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The branches outside the four cubits are obviously in the public domain. If, therefore, the 'erub lay below the height of ten cubits it is possible to carry it in small stages of less than four cubits to the root of the tree which is a private domain only as regards 'erub but not in respect of forbidding the movement of objects into it from the public domain. If, however, the 'erub was deposited above the height of ten cubits');">¹</span> and what [is the explanation for the use of the expressions,] 'above' and 'below'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' and . Such terms are applicable to an 'erub on a tree that stands upright but not to one on a branch, projecting horizontally. In the latter case the expressions, 'high' and 'low' would be expected.');">²</span> That [the branch]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At first projecting horizontally at an attitude below ten handbreadths.');">³</span> rises again into a vertical position.

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