Related%20passage for Eruvin 116:13

ואפילו עבד אפילו שפחה נאמנין לומר עד כאן תחום שבת שלא אמרו חכמים את הדבר להחמיר אלא להקל:

IF ONE EXTENDED THE LIMIT AT ONE POINT MORE THAN AT ANOTHER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and reduced towards another place'.');">²⁴</span> THE EXTENDED LIMIT IS OBSERVED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'hear', sc. the lesser limit is extended to the length of the greater one. As the measuring rope must be stretched to its utmost capacity so as to cover the maximum length possible it is assumed that the deficiency in the lesser limit is due to all insufficient stretching of the rope.');">²⁵</span> IF THERE WAS A GREATER DISTANCE FOR ONE AND A LESSER DISTANCE FOR ANOTHER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained in the Gemara infra.');">²⁶</span> THE GREATER DISTANCE IS OBSERVED. FURTHERMORE, EVEN A BONDMAN AND EVEN A BONDWOMAN ARE BELIEVED WHEN THEY SAY, THUS FAR IS THE SABBATH LIMIT', SINCE THE SAGES DID NOT ENACT THE LAW<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of Sabbath limits.');">²⁷</span> IN ORDER TO ADD RESTRICTIONS BUT IN ORDER TO RELAX THEM.

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