Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Eruvin 123:4

אלא דכ"ע דירת עכו"ם לא שמה דירה והכא בגזירה שמא ילמד ממעשיו קא מיפלגי

- Said Abaye to them: But does R'Meir hold that a heathen's dwelling is legally a valid dwelling? Was it not in fact taught: A heathen's courtyard<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In certain circumstances, as will be explained infra.');"><sup>7</sup></span> has the same status as a cattle-pen?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. 'Er. V. I.e., the tenancy by a heathen of a house that opens into a common courtyard is like a cattle-pen, and consequently does not restrict the movement of objects on the Sabbath from the houses into the courtyard, v. infra. Now since this ruling, as will be shown infra, represents the view of R. Meir, how could a contrary view be attributed to him here.');"><sup>8</sup></span>

Shut min haShamayim

I also asked [in my dream] regarding an individual Jew living in a non-Jewish city surrounded by a wall, where the gates of the city are locked at night. Is this person allowed to carry on Shabbat within the city? For we have a tradition that the habitation of a non-Jew is not considered a habitation1for the definition of public space on Shabbat, cf. Eruvin 62a:4, and even though the rabbis decreed it nonetheless forbidden to carry on Shabbat among non-Jews, the decree was not made for individuals (Eruvin 63b:12). So too, regarding a Jew who lodges on Friday night in such a non-Jewish city, whether he is permitted to carry since it is surrounded by a wall and the gates are locked at night2This is the opinion of the Mordechai (Siman 507) in the name of Rashi, quoted in Beit Yosef Orach Chaim 382. See however Terumat Hadeshen 76, who says that this statement of the Mordechai was not present in the manuscripts in Austria. Is it nonetheless preferable to be stringent on this issue?
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