Talmud for Eruvin 115:4
האי מיבעי ליה ליטול חמשים ולסבב חמשים
Scripture might have said 'fifty, fifty' why then did it say 'fifty by fifty'? Hence both may be deduced.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The deduction supra (v. prev. n.) as well as the ruling in our MISHNAH:');"><sup>7</sup></span> NEITHER LESS NOR MORE.
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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