Mesorat%20hashas for Eruvin 4:3

פתח שער החצר איקרי פתח סתמא לא איקרי

Whether [according to the ruling] of the Rabbis or [according to that] of R'Judah might not the deduction<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to the maximum width of an entrance. The maximum height laid down above cannot be called in question by what follows, since evidence that an entrance of a lesser height is regarded as a proper doorway cannot alter the fact that one of a bigger size (as has been proved supra from upkhk ihc that of the doors of the Hekal or Ulam) is also regarded as a proper entrance, or gateway (cf. Rashi s.v. and Tosaf. s.v.) ,');">⁷</span> be made from the entrance of the court [of the Tabernacle], since it is written in Scripture: The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVII, 18');">⁸</span> and it is also written: The hangings for the one side [of the gate] shall be fifteen cubits,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 14.');">⁹</span>

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