Eruvin 127

אם כן ביטלת תורת עירוב מאותו מבוי

If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That renunciation alone is deemed to be sufficient to enable the residents to enjoy the privileges mentioned.');">¹</span> are you not abolishing the law of 'erub in that alley? ' - 'They might prepare an 'erub'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although it would bring them no material benefit.');">²</span> 'Would It not then be said that an 'erub is effective even where a heathen is a resident in the place? ' - 'An announcement might be made'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the 'erub is ineffective, that with the exception of the one resident, in whose favour the others had renounced their rights, all are forbidden to carry any objects from their houses into the alley and vice versa, and that only within the alley, which on account of the renunciation assumed the status of a private domain, is the movement of objects permitted.');">³</span>

דמערבי יאמרו עירוב מועיל במקום נכרי דמכרזינן

'An announcement for the children? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. what is the use of an announcement of which the rising generation would be unaware. The new generation, ignorant of the terms of the announcement, would naturally assume that an 'erub is effective even where a heathen is one of the residents.');">⁴</span> - 'Rather', said Raba, 'let one of them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the residents.');">⁵</span> persuade him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The heathen resident in the alley.');">⁶</span>

אכרזתא לדרדקי

and borrow a place from him on which he shall put down something, so that<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By becoming a tenant to the heathen's courtyard.');">⁷</span> he assumes the status of his hired labourer or retainer concerning whom Rab Judah laid down in the name of Samuel: Even his<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A heathen's.');">⁸</span> hired labourer and even his retainer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he is an Israelite.');">⁹</span>

אלא אמר רבא ליזיל חד מינייהו ליקרב ליה ולשאול מיניה דוכתא ולינח ביה מידי דהוה ליה כשכירו ולקיטו ואמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל אפילו שכירו ואפילו לקיטו נותן עירובו ודיו

may contribute his share to the 'erub<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the alley.');">¹⁰</span> and this alone is sufficient.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To enable all the residents to move objects from their houses into the alley and vice versa.');">¹¹</span> Abaye asked R'Joseph: What is the ruling in there were<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In a heathen's house.');">¹²</span>

אמר ליה אביי לרב יוסף היו שם חמשה שכירו וה' לקיטו מהו אמר ליה אם אמרו שכירו ולקיטו להקל יאמרו שכירו ולקיטו להחמיר

five hired labourers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. MS.M.');">¹³</span> or live retainers?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each one of whom occupied a room or a garret in it, and one of whom had forgotten to contribute his share to the 'erub for the alley. Since, it is asked, in respect of enabling the house in which he lives to be joined with the others in one 'erub he is regarded as its householder, is he equally regarded as a householder the absence of whose share from an 'erub restricts the use of the entire alley?');">¹⁴</span> - The other replied: If the Rabbis have laid down that one's hired labourer or retainer is regarded as a householder in order that the law might be relaxed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the 'erub shall be effective.');">¹⁵</span>

גופא אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל אפילו שכירו ואפי' לקיטו נותן עירובו ודיו אמר רב נחמן כמה מעליא הא שמעתא

would they also maintain that a hired labourer or retainer has a similar status in order that the law might be restricted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course not. As all doubtful questions in the laws of 'erub are decided in favour of the more lenient view, a hired labourer or retainer cannot be regarded as a householder wherever he failed to contribute to the 'erub of the alley.');">¹⁶</span> [Reverting to] the main text: 'Rab Judah laid down in the name of Samuel: Even his hired labourer and even his retainer may contribute his share to the 'erub, and this alone is sufficient R'Nahman observed: How excellent a ruling is this. Rab Judah stated in the name of Samuel: He who has drunk a quarter of a log<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. Glos.');">¹⁷</span>

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל שתה רביעית יין אל יורה אמר רב נחמן לא מעליא הא שמעתא דהא אנא כל כמה דלא שתינא רביעתא דחמרא לא צילא דעתאי

of wine must not give a legal decision. This ruling' observed R'Nahman, 'is not a very fine one, because in my own case, before I drink a quarter of a log of wine my mind is not clear'. Said Raba to him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Nahman.');">¹⁸</span>

אמר ליה רבא מאי טעמא אמר מר הכי האמר ר' אחא בר חנינא מאי דכתיב (משלי כט, ג) ורועה זונות יאבד הון כל האומר שמועה זו נאה וזו אינה נאה מאבד הונה של תורה אמר ליה הדרי בי

Why did the Master speak in such a manner?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Criticizing traditional rulings.');">¹⁹</span> Did not R'Aha B'Hanina in fact state, 'What is the exposition of the Scriptural text: But he that keepeth company with harlots loses his substance?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXIX, 3. ,ubuz vtb uz');">²⁰</span> Whosoever says: "This ruling is a fine one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'harlots' is read as 'this is fine'.');">²¹</span>

אמר רבה בר רב הונא שתוי אל יתפלל ואם התפלל תפלתו תפלה שיכור אל יתפלל ואם התפלל תפלתו תועבה

or "That ruling is not a fine one" loses the substance of the Torah'? - 'I withdraw', the other replied. Rabbah son of R'Huna ruled: One who is under the influence of drink must not pray, but if he did pray his prayer is regarded as a proper one. An intoxicated man must not pray, and if he did pray his prayer is an abomination.

היכי דמי שתוי והיכי דמי שיכור כי הא דרבי אבא בר שומני ורב מנשיא בר ירמיה מגיפתי הוו קא מפטרי מהדדי אמעברא דנהר יופטי אמרו כל חד מינן לימא מילתא דלא שמיע לחבריה דאמר מרי בר רב הונא לא יפטר אדם מחבירו אלא מתוך דבר הלכה שמתוך כך זוכרו

How are we to understand the expression of 'One who is under the influence of drink', and how that of 'an intoxicated man'? - As follows. When R.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'like that of R.'');">²²</span> Abba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. 'Rabbah' (En Jacob) .');">²³</span>

פתח חד ואמר היכי דמי שתוי והיכי דמי שיכור שתוי כל שיכול לדבר לפני המלך שיכור כל שאינו יכול לדבר לפני המלך

B'Shumani<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. 'Rabbah b. Shimi (MS.M.) .');">²⁴</span> and R'Menashya B'Jeremiah of Difti<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. marg. glos., cur. edd., 'Gifty'. MS.M. omits the word.');">²⁵</span> were taking leave from each other at the ford of the river Yopati they suggested, 'Let each one of us say something that the other has never heard before, for Mari son of R'Huna<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec., 'Mari son of R. Huna son of R. Jeremiah b. Abba (cf. Ber. 31a) .');">²⁶</span>

פתח אידך ואמר המחזיק בנכסי הגר מה יעשה ויתקיימו בידו יקח בהן ספר תורה אמר רב ששת: אפילו

laid down: The best form of taking leave of a friend is to tell him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'a man shall not depart from his friend except from the midst of'.');">²⁷</span> a point of the halachah, because he would remember him for it'.' What is to be understood', one of them began, 'by "one who is under the influence of drink" and what by "an intoxicated man"? The former is one who is able to speak in the presence of a king,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. is able to collect his thoughts if suddenly confronted by a high personage whom he fears or reveres.');">²⁸</span> the latter is one who is unable to speak in the presence of a king'.' What', the other began, 'should he who took possession of the property of a proselyte<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who died without any Jewish issue and thus had no legal heirs.');">²⁹</span> do that he shall be worthy of retaining it? Let him purchase with it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the proceeds of a portion of the property.');">³⁰</span> a scroll of the Law'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The pious act will protect him from loss.');">³¹</span> R'Shesheth said: Even