Responsa for Eruvin 126:9
ואמר רב יוסף אפי' באשתו נדה
And we have a tradition that so long as the Ark and the Shechinah are not settled in their appointed place<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was the case when a battle was in progress.');"><sup>14</sup></span> connubial intercourse is forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Joshua, having been the cause, suffered in consequence the disability mentioned.');"><sup>15</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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