Reference for Eruvin 110:23
אמר רב הונא כל עיר שאין בה ירק אין תלמיד חכם רשאי לדור בה למימרא דירק מעליא והתניא שלשה מרבין את הזבל וכופפין את הקומה ונוטלין אחד מחמש מאות ממאור עיניו של אדם ואלו הן
- Raba answered him: You speak of the divisions in the wilderness! Since about them it is written: At the commandment of the Lord they encamped and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hum. IX, 18. The order in M.T. is reversed: At the commandment . . journeyed . . encamped.');"><sup>33</sup></span> they could well be regarded as constituting a permanent settlement.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In consequence of which they were well entitled to the privileges of a town.');"><sup>34</sup></span> R'Hinena B'R'Kahana ruled in the name of R'Ashi: If among the huts there are three courtyards of two houses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of stone or wood.');"><sup>35</sup></span> each, all the encampment assumes the characteristics of a permanent settlement.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. infra 59b.');"><sup>36</sup></span> Rab Judah citing Rab remarked: Dwellers in huts and travelers in the desert lead a miserable life,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'their life is no life'.');"><sup>37</sup></span> and their wives and children are not really their own. So it was also taught: Eliezer of Biria<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Probably identical with Bertotha in Upper Galilee, v. Aboth, Sonc. ed., p. 31 n. 4 and Horowitz, op. cit. p. 175].');"><sup>38</sup></span> remarked: Those who dwell in huts are like those who dwell in graves, and concerning their daughters Scripture says: Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXVII, 21.');"><sup>39</sup></span> What is the reason? Ulla explained: Because they have no bath houses;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the men leave their homes to bathe in a distant place the women remaining behind are exposed to the temptations of the unscrupulous.');"><sup>40</sup></span> and R'Johanan explained: Because they [allow each other to] perceive the times of their ritual immersion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Depraved men are thus in a position to follow the women when they leave the camp for their ritual bathing.');"><sup>41</sup></span> What is the practical difference between them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ulla and R. Johanan.');"><sup>42</sup></span> - The case where a river is near the house.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ritual immersion can well be performed in the river and the women are under no necessity to go far from their homes. The men, however, would still be leaving their homes in quest of a warm bath. Ulla's reason is, therefore, applicable in such a case also while that of R. Johanan does not apply.');"><sup>43</sup></span> R'Huna said: No scholar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Talmid hakham, v. Glos.');"><sup>44</sup></span> should dwell in a town where vegetables are unobtainable. This then implies that vegetables are wholesome, but was it not taught: Three kinds of food increase One s excrements, bend one's stature and take away a five hundredth part of the human eyesight, viz.