Commentary for Eruvin 66:8

רבי ירמיה אמר שאני כלכלה הואיל ויכול לנטותה ולהביאה לתוך עשרה

lower it within ten [handbreadths from the ground].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so obtain his 'erub without carrying it from one domain into another. Hence the validity of the 'erub even if one did not actually incline the basket.');">²⁶</span> R'Papa sitting at his studies was discoursing on this traditional teaching,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of R. Jeremiah.');">²⁷</span> when Rab B'Shaba pointed out to him the following objection: [We learned, he said]: How is one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who wishes to prepare an 'erub for a festival, that occurred on a Friday, and for the Sabbath day following it.');">²⁸</span> to proceed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were the 'erub to be deposited on the festival eve only, it might sometimes be lost during the day before the Sabbath commenced and the man, though provided for during the festival at the commencement of which the 'erub was in existence, would remain unprovided for during the Sabbath day. ch,n ufhkun');">²⁹</span>

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