Commentary for Yoma 112:6
למזרח ומערב נמי אין ברירה
But if the Sage comes from the east, his 'Erub<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word 'erub' means interweaving, mixture, confusion, conjunction. It signifies also a symbolical act, by which the legal fiction of community or continuity is established. With reference to the Sabbath limits: a person deposits, before the Sabbath (or the Holy Day) , certain eatables to remain in their place over the next day, by which act he transfers his abode to that place and his movements on the Sabbath are measured from it as the centre. On the Sabbath in the area around a town or place the limits are two thousand cubits in every direction. The case here discussed is that of one who expects a scholar outside his city and is desirous of meeting him. He deposits the 'erub for this purpose. V. 'Er., Sonc. ed., pp. 252f. notes.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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