Commentary for Eruvin 65:5

דתניא נתנו באילן למעלה מעשרה טפחים אין עירובו עירוב למטה מעשרה טפחים עירובו עירוב ואסור ליטלו בתוך שלשה מותר ליטלו נתנו בכלכלה ותלאו באילן אפילו למעלה מעשרה טפחים עירובו עירוב דברי רבי וחכמים אומרים כל מקום שאסור ליטלו אין עירובו עירוב

[if he deposited it at an altitude] below ten handbreadths his 'erub is effective, but he must not move it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath, from its place on the tree to his 'abode' at the root of that tree; because the use of a tree is forbidden on the Sabbath. The 'erub is nevertheless effective since at twilight on Friday, when the 'abode' is acquired, the use of the tree, which is only Rabbinically forbidden on the Sabbath, is then permitted and the 'erub, therefore, could then be moved.');">¹⁶</span> [If the 'erub was deposited]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the tree.');">¹⁷</span> within three [handbreadths from the ground] it is permitted to move it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath; because a height of less than three handbreadths is regarded as the ground itself.');">¹⁸</span> If he put it In a basket and hung it upon the tree his 'erub is effective even if it was above [a height] of ten handbreadths;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Provided, as explained infra, the tree is less than four handbreadths in width.');">¹⁹</span>

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