Commentary for Shabbat 37:9

ת"ר אין צרין על עיירות של נכרים פחות מג' ימים קודם לשבת ואם התחילו אין מפסיקין וכן היה שמאי אומר (דברים כ, כ) עד רדתה אפי' בשבת:

that it is on condition that he will rest [on the Sabbath], yet he does not rest:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., though the condition will not be carried out. ');">¹⁷</span> this is Rabbi's view. R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: It is unnecessary. But from Tyre to Sidon<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both on the Phoenician coast, about thirty miles apart. ');">¹⁸</span>

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