Eruvin 50

Chapter 50

א אי דעבידא כי אכסדרה הכי נמי הב"ע דעבדה כי אורזילא

1 - If [the roof1 over the beth se'ah] were made like an exedra2 [the ruling would] indeed have been the same,3

ב אמר רבי זירא ומודינא בקרפף שנפרץ במלואו לחצר שאסור מ"ט הואיל ואויר חצר מייתרו

2 but here we are dealing with one that was made in the shape of a hammock.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Attached to the trees. Since the roof is slanting it has no edges that might be said to descend and form the virtual walls (v. Rashi) . Aliter: tfv Being open on four sides it cannot be given the status of a walled structure (v. Tosaf. s.v. a.l.) .');">4 R'Zera stated: I admit, however, that where a karpaf5 has a gap across its entire width6

ג מתקיף לה רב יוסף וכי אויר המותר לו אוסרו

3 towards a courtyard [the movement of objects within it] is forbidden. What is the reason? Because the space of the courtyard increases its extent.7

ד א"ל אביי כמאן כרבי שמעון לרבי שמעון נמי הא איכא אויר מקום מחיצות

4 R'Joseph demurred: Does a space8 [from] which9 it is permitted [to move objects] into it cause its prohibition? - Said Abaye to him: In accordance with whose view [do you demur]?

ה דאמר רב חסדא קרפף שנפרץ במלואו לחצר חצר מותרת וקרפף אסור

5 Apparently in accordance with that of R'Simeon;10 but according to R'Simeon also there is in fact the space of the position of the walls.11 For R'Hisda ruled: If a gap across the full width of a karpaf was opened towards a courtyard [movement of objects] is permitted in the latter and forbidden in the former.

ו חצר מאי טעמא דאית ליה גיפופי והא זמנין דמשכחת לה איפכא

6 Now why [is this permitted in] the courtyard? [Is it on account of the fact] that it has ridges?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The remnants of the fallen wall, which, being situated on both sides of the gap that is not wider than ten cubits, form, according to the Rabbis, a kind of doorway.');">12 Does it not, however, sometimes happen13

ז אלא משום דאמרינן זה אויר מחיצות מייתרו וזה אין אויר מחיצות מייתרו

7 that the reverse is the case?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That it is the karpaf that has the ridges and that the courtyard has them not. If then the view of the Rabbis is followed why this distinction between karpaf and courtyard?');">14 Consequently15 [it must be admitted that] the reason is16

ח ההוא בוסתנא דהוה סמיך לגודא דאפדנא נפל אשיתא ברייתא דאפדנא סבר רב ביבי למימר ליסמוך אגודא גוויאתא

8 that as regards the karpaf17 the space of the walls increases its extent18 while in that of the courtyard17

ט אמר ליה רב פפי משום דאתו ממולאי אמריתו מילי מולייאתא הנך מחיצות לגואי עבידן לבראי לא עבידן

9 the space of the walls does not increase it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence its permissibility. As the only reason for the prohibition is the increased area of the karpaf the prohibition cannot apply to a courtyard which was originally enclosed for dwelling purposes. The question of the ridges does not arise since in the absence of ridges also R. Simeon permits the movement of objects from the courtyard to the karpaf. And should it happen that the ridges were on the side of the karpaf the courtyard would still be permitted in agreement with R. Simeon (cf. supra n. 9) while the karpaf also would be permitted since the space previously occupied by the fallen walls cannot be regarded as an increase of its area on account of the ridges. Thus, at any rate, it follows that even according to R. Simeon the space previously occupied by the fallen walls is regarded as an addition to a karpaf.');">19 A certain orchard adjoined the wall of a mansion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The orchard was bigger than two beth se'ah and enclosed by a wall that was put up after a door from the mansion was opened to it, so that it was enclosed for dwelling purposes.');">20 When the outer wall of the mansion21

י ההיא אבוורנקא דהוה ליה לריש גלותא בבוסתניה א"ל לרב הונא בר חיננא ליעביד מר תקנתא דלמחר נאכול נהמא התם

10 collapsed it was R'Bibi's intention to rule that one might rely22 upon the inner walls,23 but R'Papi said to him, 'Because you are yourselves frail beings you speak frail words.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' = 'because you'. Aliter: 'Because you are descendants of short-lived people'. Bibi who was the son of Abaye was a descendant of the house of Eli (cf. R.H. 18a) who were condemned to die young (v. I Sam. II, 32) . Cf. B.B., Sonc. ed., p. 582, n. 6.');">24

יא אזל עבד קנה קנה פחות משלשה אזל רבא

11 Those walls were made for the interior [of the mansion]; they were not made for [the orchard] outside'.25 The exilarch had a kind of banqueting hall in his orchard.26 'Will the Master', he said to R'Huna B'Hinena, 'make some provision whereby we might be enabled to dine there tomorrow'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath day. As the hall was built after the enclosure round the orchard had been put up, the area enclosed was subject to the restriction of a place that was first enclosed for no dwelling purpose and that was only subsequently inhabited. It was, therefore, (v. previous note) forbidden to move any objects, including the foodstuffs and utensils required for the meal, from the house to the banqueting hall trough the orchard. Hence the exilarch's request.');">27 The latter accordingly proceeded [to construct a passage28 by putting up a reed-fence]29 fixing each reed [within a distance of] less than three [handbreadths from the other].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that according to the rule of labud (v. Glos.) the fence was deemed to be legally compact and valid, and the passage consequently assumed the status of a domain in which it was permitted to move objects on the Sabbath.');">30 Raba, however, went there

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