Eruvin 66

ורבי סבר לה כר' מאיר וסבר לה כר' יהודה

and Rabbi adopts the same view as that of R'Meir and also the same as that of R'Judah. He adopts the same view as that of R'Meir who ruled: 'Excavation may be imagined so that [the prescribed measurements] may be obtained',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to complete', v. supra 11b. Hence it is permissible to add the width of the basket to that of the tree to impart to the latter the status of a private domain. It is not regarded, however, as a private domain in all respects since the prescribed width does not extend below the basket where the width of the tree is less than four handbreadths.');">¹</span> and he also adopts the same view as that of R'Judah who ruled: It is necessary that the 'erub [shall rest] on a spot that is four [handbreadths wide]', which is not the case here.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and there is not', unless the width of the basket is added.');">²</span> What [is the source of the ruling of] R'Judah? - It was taught: R'Judah ruled: If a man inserted a pole in [the ground of] a public domain and deposited his 'erub on it, his 'erub is effective [if the pole was] ten [handbreadths] high and four [handbreadths] wide;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the area of four cubits in the public domain which he had acquired by making his abode for the Sabbath at the base of the pole, is in respect of the 'erub regarded as a private domain which extends from the earth to the sky and in consequence of which he may move his 'erub' from the top of the pole, which is a private domain, to its base at the side of which he made his abode.');">³</span>

סבר לה כרבי מאיר דאמר חוקקין להשלים

otherwise<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and if not'. This is now assumed to mean: If the width was less than four handbreadths or the height was less than ten handbreadths.');">⁴</span> his 'erub is ineffective. On the contrary! Are not he and his 'erub [in the latter case]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' ,Where the pole (v. previous note) was less than ten handbreadths high.');">⁵</span> in the same domain?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the pole does not constitute a private domain. Why them is the 'erub ineffective?');">⁶</span>

וסבר לה כר' יהודה דאמר בעינן עירוב על גבי מקום ארבעה וליכא

It is this rather that he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Judah.');">⁷</span> meant: [If the pole<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the top of which the 'erub was placed.');">⁸</span> was] ten [handbreadths] high it is necessary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the 'erub is to be effective.');">⁹</span> that at its top it shall be four [handbreadths wide],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a width constitutes a private domain and, as explained supra n. 5, the 'erub is effective. If the width, however, is less than four handbreadths the 'erub, resting in no 'domain' and being suspended, so to speak, in the air, must be ineffective.');">¹⁰</span>

מאי רבי יהודה דתניא רבי יהודה אומר נעץ קורה ברשות הרבים והניח עירובו עליה גבוה י' ורחבה ד' עירובו עירוב ואם לאו אין עירובו עירוב

but if it was not tell [handbreadths] high it is not necessary for its top to be four [handbreadths wide].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. even if it is less than four handbreadths wide the 'erub is effective, since an object suspended within ten handbreadths from the ground is deemed to be resting on the ground itself.');">¹¹</span> In agreement with whose view?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Did Rabina (spurn 33a ad fin.) lay down that, though the width of the basket brings up a portion of a tree to the prescribed size of four handbreadths, the status of a private domain cannot be imparted to that portion unless the full height of the tree from the ground to that Spot was four handbreadths wide.');">¹²</span> - [It is apparently] not in agreement with that of R'Jose son of R'Judah, seeing that it was taught: R'Jose son of R'Judah ruled: If a man inserted a reed in [the ground of] a public domain and on the top of it he fixed a basket,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Four hand breadths wide.');">¹³</span> any one who threw<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the public domain.');">¹⁴</span>

אדרבה הוא ועירובו במקום אחד אלא הכי קאמר גבוה עשרה צריך שיהא בראשה ארבעה אין גבוהה עשרה אין צריך שיהא בראשה ארבעה

something which came to a rest on the top of it incurs guilt?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shah. 5a, 101a; because the basket has the status of a private domain though the reed below it is less than the prescribed width. Is it likely, however, that Rabina's view is in disagreement with that of R. Jose son of R. Judah?');">¹⁵</span> - It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabina's view.');">¹⁶</span> may be said [to be in agreement] even [with that of] R'Jose son of R'Judah, for there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case of the basket on top of the reed.');">¹⁷</span> the sides<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the basket.');">¹⁸</span>

כמאן דלא כרבי יוסי ברבי יהודה דתניא רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה אומר נעץ קנה ברשות הרבים והניח בראשו טרסקל וזרק ונח על גביו חייב

surround [the reed],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the rule of 'gud ahith' by which the sides are assumed to descend to the ground may well be applied. The top of the reed may, therefore, be regarded as a private domain.');">¹⁹</span> but here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A basket attached to the side of a tree.');">²⁰</span> the sides<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the basket.');">¹⁸</span> do not surround [the tree].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the spot on which the 'erub rested were to be regarded as a private domain two processes would have to be postulated, that (a) the tree is imagined to be cut away so as to make up with the basket the prescribed area of four handbreadths and (b) that the sides of the basket descended to the ground. The assumption of two such processes, however, is inadmissible even according to R. Jose son of R. Judah. (For harpns ,htu another interpretation v. Rash s.v., a.l.) .');">²¹</span>

אפילו תימא רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה התם הדרן מחיצתא הכא לא הדרן מחיצתא

R'Jeremiah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Maintaining that the first as well as the second clause of the Baraitha (supra 33a) refers to a spot that was four hand breadths wide.');">²²</span> replied:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the objection (loc. cit. ad fin.) : What is the use that the 'erub was put in a basket?');">²³</span> A basket is different<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From a fixed tree or pole.');">²⁴</span> since one might incline it and so<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without detaching it from the tree.');">²⁵</span>

רבי ירמיה אמר שאני כלכלה הואיל ויכול לנטותה ולהביאה לתוך עשרה

lower it within ten [handbreadths from the ground].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so obtain his 'erub without carrying it from one domain into another. Hence the validity of the 'erub even if one did not actually incline the basket.');">²⁶</span> R'Papa sitting at his studies was discoursing on this traditional teaching,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of R. Jeremiah.');">²⁷</span> when Rab B'Shaba pointed out to him the following objection: [We learned, he said]: How is one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who wishes to prepare an 'erub for a festival, that occurred on a Friday, and for the Sabbath day following it.');">²⁸</span> to proceed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Were the 'erub to be deposited on the festival eve only, it might sometimes be lost during the day before the Sabbath commenced and the man, though provided for during the festival at the commencement of which the 'erub was in existence, would remain unprovided for during the Sabbath day. ch,n ufhkun');">²⁹</span>

יתיב רב פפא וקא אמר להא שמעתא איתיביה רב בר שבא לרב פפא כיצד הוא עושה מוליכו בראשון ומחשיך עליו ונוטלו ובא לו בשני מחשיך עליו ואוכלו ובא לו

He arranges [for the 'erub'] to be carried [by a deputy<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf Rashi s.v. and Tosaf. s.v. a.l.');">³⁰</span> to the required spot] on the firs day,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. on the festival eve.');">³¹</span> and, having remained there with it until dusk,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When, the 'abode' is acquired.');">³²</span> he takes it [with him]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For fear it gets lost.');">³³</span> and goes away.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and comes for himself'.');">³⁴</span> On the second day<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Friday, which is the Sabbath eve.');">³⁵</span> he [again] comes [with it] and keeps it there until dusk<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When, the 'abode' is acquired.');">³²</span> when he may consume it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the 'erub already served its purpose. He cannot again carry it away with him, as he did on the evening of the festival, since carrying in a public domain is forbidden on the Sabbath.');">³⁶</span> and go away.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 3a.');">³⁷</span>