Commentary for Eruvin 82:26

בעו מיניה מרבה הוצרך לנקביו מהו אמר להם גדול כבוד הבריות שדוחה את לא תעשה שבתורה

he replied, is so important that it supersedes a negative precept of the Torah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the negative precept, 'Thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee' (Deut. XVII, 11) , 'sentence' or 'the rcsv word' being applied to any enactment of the Rabbis. As the laws of the Sabbath limits which are only Rabbinical derive their force from this precept they also may be superseded wherever their absence would involve any loss of human dignity (Rashi) ; v. Ber. 19b.');">⁴⁹</span> The Nehardeans remarked: If he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The man who in the circumstances mentioned was allowed to move beyond the four cubits.');">⁵⁰</span> is intelligent he enters into his original Sabbath limit and, once he has entered it, he may remain there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he entered', and may again move through the town and to distances of two thousand cubits away from it in all directions.');">⁵¹</span>

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