Talmud for Eruvin 139:2
ואין נוטלין רשות: למה לי לא צריכא אף על גב דאמרי ליה קני על מנת להקנות
- It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The apparently superfluous repetition of the restriction.');"><sup>4</sup></span> was required only for this case: Even where they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The tenants who presented their shares.');"><sup>5</sup></span> said to him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One of the two who forgot to contribute to the 'erub.');"><sup>6</sup></span> 'Acquire our shares on the condition that you transfer them'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the other tenant. Though in a case like this the one tenant might well be presumed to be acting as their agent to the other tenant, yet for the reason given (cf. supra p. 436, n. 11 and text) , he MAY NOT ACQUIRE their shares.');"><sup>7</sup></span> Abaye enquired of Rabbah: If five tenants live in the same courtyard and one of them forgot to join in the 'erub, is it necessary, when he renounces his right to his share,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the courtyard in favour of is neighbours.');"><sup>8</sup></span>