Commentary for Shabbat 16:2
היכי דמי אילימא בבור דאית ביה עשרה ולמעלה דדלאי ואותביה ולמטה דתתאי ואותביה מה לי למעלה ומה לי למטה הוא במקום אחד ועירובו במקום אחר הוא
in a pit above ten handbreadths, it is a valid 'erub; if below ten handbreadths, it is not a valid 'erub.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'his 'erub is an 'erub … his 'erub is not an 'erub.' On the Sabbath one may not go more than two thousand cubits out of the town. This, however, may be extended by placing some food (called an 'erub) at any spot within the two thousand cubits on Friday; by a legal fiction that spot becomes the Sabbath abode, since he can now eat his meal there, and from there he is permitted to walk a further two thousand cubits in any direction. This food must so be placed that it is permissible to take it on the Sabbath. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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