Commentary for Eruvin 66:1

ורבי סבר לה כר' מאיר וסבר לה כר' יהודה

and Rabbi adopts the same view as that of R'Meir and also the same as that of R'Judah. He adopts the same view as that of R'Meir who ruled: 'Excavation may be imagined so that [the prescribed measurements] may be obtained',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to complete', v. supra 11b. Hence it is permissible to add the width of the basket to that of the tree to impart to the latter the status of a private domain. It is not regarded, however, as a private domain in all respects since the prescribed width does not extend below the basket where the width of the tree is less than four handbreadths.');">¹</span> and he also adopts the same view as that of R'Judah who ruled: It is necessary that the 'erub [shall rest] on a spot that is four [handbreadths wide]', which is not the case here.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and there is not', unless the width of the basket is added.');">²</span> What [is the source of the ruling of] R'Judah? - It was taught: R'Judah ruled: If a man inserted a pole in [the ground of] a public domain and deposited his 'erub on it, his 'erub is effective [if the pole was] ten [handbreadths] high and four [handbreadths] wide;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the area of four cubits in the public domain which he had acquired by making his abode for the Sabbath at the base of the pole, is in respect of the 'erub regarded as a private domain which extends from the earth to the sky and in consequence of which he may move his 'erub' from the top of the pole, which is a private domain, to its base at the side of which he made his abode.');">³</span>

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