Commentary for Eruvin 67:7

נתנו בבור אפילו עמוק מאה אמה וכו': האי בור דקאי היכא אילימא דקאי ברשות היחיד

which, were one to incline it a little,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To lower its top to an altitude of less than ten handbreadths.');">²¹</span> it would project<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On account of its size.');">²²</span> beyond [the original area of] four cubits.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which it was originally situated and which constituted the man's abode. An 'erub cannot be effective unless it call be consumed within four cubits of the original position of the abode.');">²³</span> But how is one to imagine [the circumstance]? If [the turret] had a window, and a cord [also was available, why should not the 'erub] be taken up through the window by means of the cord?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Pulling with a cord in such circumstances is only a Rabbinical prohibition which, as explained Supra, does not apply to the twilight if Sabbath eve when the Sabbath abode is acquired. (This note follows Rashi's second, while the previous notes on the passage are based on Rashi's first explanation.)');">²⁴</span> - This is a case where there was neither window nor cord. IF HE DEPOSITED IT IN A CISTERN EVEN IF IT IS A HUNDRED CUBITS DEEP etc. Where was this CISTERN situated? If it be suggested that it was situated in a private domain,

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