Talmud for Eruvin 59:3
ומי אמר ר"ש בן אלעזר הכי והתניא רבי שמעון בן אלעזר אומר עוג מלך הבשן פיתחו כמלואו
But could R'Simeon B'Eleazar have given such rulings?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Relaxing the law in respect of the quantity of food required for an 'erub in favour of (a) the sick and the old because they eat little, though the average person eats more than they, and (b) the glutton, though he consumes much, because the average person consumes less.');"><sup>6</sup></span> Was it not in fact taught: R'Simeon B'Eleazar ruled: A door for<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'his door'.');"><sup>7</sup></span> Og King of Bashan,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. any big sized corpse. Og was one of the famous giants (cf. Deut. 111, II) and is synonymous in the Talmudic literature with 'man of huge size'.');"><sup>8</sup></span>