מאי טעמא לאו משום דהני כלתה מדתן בחצי העיר והני כלתה מדתן בסוף העיר
while that of the former terminated at the end of the latter town.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In agreement with the rulings of R. Joshua b. Levi (cf. supra nn. 10f) .');"><sup>4</sup></span> And R'Idi?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, in view of the rulings in the Mishnah just cited, could he maintain that R. Joshua b. Levi's rulings are sheer imagination.');"><sup>5</sup></span> - He read in both cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first and second clause of the Mishnah cited.');"><sup>6</sup></span> 'The people may'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'people, people', sc. instead of reading 'The people of the large town may . . but the people of the small town may not' etc. he reads: 'The people . . may' in both clauses.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Eruvin
Is a city counted in the measure of 2’000? Rebbi Ḥizqiah said, Rebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: A city is not counted in the measure of 2’000. Rebbi Eleazar said, a city is counted in the measure of 2’000. In earlier times the people of Tiberias were walking through all its hot springs but the people of its hot springs came only to the cupola. But today for the people of Tiberias and the people of its hot springs it is one city. Rebbi Jeremiah said, “it happened that an old shepherd came and said before Rebbi, I remember the people of Magdala walking up to its hot springs, walking through its hot springs and coming up to the outer courtyard close to the bridge; and Rebbi permitted that the people of Magdala walk up to its hot springs, walking through its hot springs and come up to the outer courtyard up to the bridge. In addition, Rebbi permitted that the people of Gadara descend to their hot springs and return to Gadara but the people of the hot springs may not ascend to Gadara.” Rebbi Mana said, because of the authorities. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, it is not because of this but because we have stated “the people of a large town walk through all of a small town, the people of a small town do not walk through all of a large town.”
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