Talmud for Eruvin 115:1
ובלבד שלא יצא חוץ לתחום
PROVIDED HE DOES NOT GO BEYOND THE SABBATH LIMIT. IF HE IS UNABLE TO SPAN IT - IN CONNECTION WITH THIS R'DOSTAI B. JANNAI STATED IN THE NAME OF R'MEIR, I HAVE HEARD THAT HILLS ARE TREATED AS THOUGH THEY WERE PIERCED'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 35b q.v. notes.');"><sup>1</sup></span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Whence is this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That in measuring Sabbath limits only A ROPE OF THE LENGTH OF FIFTY CUBITS may be used.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Eruvin
HALAKHAH: Paragraph. “One only measures with a rope of 50 cubits,” etc. How much is the measure of the Sabbath domain? 40 ropes. “Neither less” since it can be tightened and increases, “nor more” since it gets loose and loses116Babli 58 a.. Some Tannaim state, one measures with a linen rope, but some Tannaim state, with a chain rope117A metal chain., and some Tannaim state, with a rope of four cubits. 116Babli 58 a. Rebbi Joshua said, there is no truer measure than with chains, but what can I do since in Prophets it is written ropes, a linen twine was in his hand and a measuring rod118Ez. 40:3..
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