Commentary for Shabbat 37:5

ת"ר אין משלחין איגרת ביד נכרי ע"ש אא"כ קוצץ לו דמים ב"ש אומרים כדי שיגיע לביתו וב"ה אומרים כדי שיגיע לבית הסמוך לחומה

Beth Shammai maintain: There must be time to reach his [the addressee's] house [before the Sabbath];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Otherwise it is forbidden even if the fee was already stipulated. ');">⁹</span> while Beth Hillel rule: There must be time to reach the house nearest the [city] wall.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the addressee lives in a different town; cf. p. 77, n. 9. ');">¹⁰</span>

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