Talmud for Eruvin 115:3
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מנא הני מילי אמר רב יהודה אמר רב דאמר קרא (שמות כז, יח) ארך החצר מאה באמה ורוחב חמשים בחמשים אמרה תורה בחבל של חמשים אמה מדוד
enjoined: Measure with a rope of the length of fifty cubits. But is not this text required for the ordinance to take away fifty and to surround with them the other fifty?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 23b q.v. notes.');"><sup>5</sup></span> - If for that purpose only,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'if so'.');"><sup>6</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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