Commentary for Eruvin 70:12

אמר רבי ירמיה משנתנו שהיה עליה שרץ כל בין השמשות אי הכי בהא לימא רבי יוסי ספק עירוב כשר

nor in that of the broken-necked heifer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Deut. XXI, 1ff. To ascertain which city was the nearest it was necessary to 'measure unto the cities in which are round about him that is slain' (ibid. 2) .');">²²</span> because they are [ordinances] of the Torah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The method of 'piercing' produces longer distances than the ordinary methods, omitting as it does to take count of the extent of the slopes. While such latitude in favour of the persons concerned was allowed in the case of Rabbinical ordinances, it was not allowed in that of Pentateuchal ones in connection with which the stricter method, which takes count of the slopes also, must be adopted. Now, since R. Meir allows the method of 'piercing' in the case of Sabbath limits, how could it be maintained that in his view these laws are Pentateuchal?');">²³</span>

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