Eruvin 7

Chapter 7

א שלא יהו מכוונות בשלמא לרבא כי היכי דליהויין הללו שוחקות והללו עצבות אלא לאביי קשיא
1 that [their measurements must] not be exactly alike.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , this is explained anon.');"><sup>1</sup></span> Now according to Raba this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The statement that the measurements must not be 'exactly alike'.');"><sup>2</sup></span> is intelligible [since th measuring must be done in such a manner] as to have [the handbreadths] in the latter case expanded and the former case compact; but according to Abaye<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who maintains that not all cubits consisted of six handbreadths.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
ב אמר לך אביי אימא אמת כלאים באמה בת ששה
2 [does not this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling that 'all cubits . . are of the standard of six (handbreadths) '. ,ubuufn ,ubuufn uhvh tka');"><sup>4</sup></span> present] a difficulty? - Abaye can answer you: 'The cubit [spoken of in respect] of kil'ayim is of the length of six [handbreadths]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (v. Supra note 12) need not necessarily mean 'exactly alike'. It may be rendered 'pressed together', 'compact'. 'that the handbreadths shall be expanded'.');"><sup>5</sup></span> But since it was stated in the final clause, R'Simeon B'Gamaliel ruled: All cubits of which the Sages spoke in relation to kil'ayim are of the standard of six [handbreadths] except that these must not be compact', does it not follow that the first Tanna<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose ruling is quoted in the objection supra 3b ad fin.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
ג והא מדקתני סיפא רשב"ג אומר כל אמות שאמרו חכמים בכלאים באמה בת ששה ובלבד שלא יהו מצומצמות מכלל דתנא קמא כל אמות קאמר
3 referred to all cubits?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not only, as suggested in the reply, to those relating to kil'ayim.');"><sup>7</sup></span> - Abaye can answer you: Is there not R'Simeon B'Gamaliel who maintains the same standpoint as I!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course there is.');"><sup>8</sup></span> I uphold the same ruling as R'Simeon B'Gamaliel.
ד אמר לך אביי ולאו מי איכא רשב"ג דקאי כוותי אנא דאמרי כרשב"ג
4 According to Abaye's view [the standard of the respective cubits] is undoubtedly [a question in dispute between] Tannas;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Simeon b. Gamaliel and the Sages, since the latter who ruled that 'all cubits ... are of the standard of six (handbreadths) ' obviously differ from Abaye who holds that only those of kil'ayim conformed to that standard.');"><sup>9</sup></span> must it, however, be said that according to Raba's view also [the standard of the cubit is a question in dispute between] Tannas?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. must R. Simeon b. Gamaliel, in his specific mention of the cubit of six handbreadths in connection with kil'ayim, (a) be assumed to exclude the cubit of sukkah and entrance which, according to his opinion, must measure no more than five handbreadths, and his view consequently differs from that of the Sages; or (b) is his statement a commentary on the vague ruling of the Sages, that 'the measurements are not alike', its object being to explain that the cubit of six handbreadths of which they spoke must in the case of kil'ayim measure not six compact, but six expanded handbreadths, and thereby he only implied that the cubit of sukkah and entrance must be one of six compact ones, so that his views are in every way in complete agreement with that of the Sages?');"><sup>10</sup></span> - Raba can tell you, 'It is this that R'Simeon B'Gamaliel desired<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'came'.');"><sup>11</sup></span>
ה לאביי ודאי תנאי היא לרבא מי לימא תנאי היא
5 to inform us: [That the handbreadths of] the cubit applicable to kil'ayim must not be compact'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Supra note 5b.');"><sup>12</sup></span> [If that is the case]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That R. Simeon b. Gamaliel merely wished to explain the ruling of the Sages.');"><sup>13</sup></span> he should have said,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and let him say'.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
ו אמר לך רבא רשב"ג הא אתא לאשמועינן אמת כלאים לא יצמצם
6 '[The handbreadths of] the cubit applicable to kil'ayim must not be compact'; what, [however, could he have meant] to exclude [by his addition,] 'of the standard of six [handbreadths]'? [Did he] not [obviously mean] to exclude the cubit of the sukkah and the cubit of the 'entrance'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which in his opinion must be no longer than five handbreadths. How then could Raba maintain that no dispute existed between R. Simeon b. Gamaliel and the Sages? suxh');"><sup>15</sup></span> No; to exclude the cubit [by which the] base,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , lit., 'foundation'. ccux ccx');"><sup>16</sup></span>
ז ולימא אמת כלאים לא יצמצם באמה בת ששה למעוטי מאי לאו למעוטי אמת סוכה ואמת מבוי
7 and the one [by which the] surrounding ledge<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (rt. , 'to go round') .');"><sup>17</sup></span> [of the altar were measured]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These cubits were of the standard of five handbreadths.');"><sup>18</sup></span> for it is written in Scripture: And these are the measures of the altar by cubit - the cubit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Spoken of elsewhere, sc. the one measuring six handbreadths.');"><sup>19</sup></span>
ח לא למעוטי אמה יסוד ואמה סובב
8 is a cubit and a handbreadth,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of those spoken of here.');"><sup>20</sup></span> the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span,' and this shall be the base of the altar;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIII, 13. ,ubre');"><sup>21</sup></span> 'The bottom shall be a cubit'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIII, 13. ,ubre');"><sup>21</sup></span>
ט דכתיב (יחזקאל מג, יג) ואלה מדות המזבח באמות אמה אמה וטפח וחיק האמה ואמה רחב וגבולה אל שפתה סביב זרת האחד וזה גב המזבח חיק האמה זה יסוד ואמה רחב זה סובב וגבולה אל שפתה סביב אלו הקרנות וזה גב המזבח זה מזבח הזהב:
9 refers to the foundation [of the altar];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIII, 13. ,ubre');"><sup>21</sup></span> 'And the breadth a cubit'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XLIII, 13. ,ubre');"><sup>21</sup></span> refers to its surrounding ledge;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (rt. , 'to go round') .');"><sup>17</sup></span>
י אמר ר' חייא בר אשי אמר רב שיעורין חציצין ומחיצין הלכה למשה מסיני
10 'And the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span refers to the horns;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , (cf. Ex. XXVII 2) projections of the altar.');"><sup>22</sup></span> 'And this shall be the base of the altar' refers to the golden altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ex. XXX, 1ff and Men. 97b.');"><sup>23</sup></span> R'Hiyya B'Ashi stated in the name of Rab: [The laws relating to] standards,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The minimum quantities, e.g., of forbidden foodstuffs the consumption of which constitutes the offence. V. infra for other examples.');"><sup>24</sup></span>
יא שיעורין דאורייתא הוא דכתיב (דברים ח, ח) ארץ חטה ושעורה וגו' ואמר רב חנן כל הפסוק הזה לשיעורין נאמר
11 interpositions<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That cause, e.g., the invalidity of ritual bathing if they intervene between the body of the bather and the water of the bath.');"><sup>25</sup></span> and partitions<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Required, e.g., in connection with the arrangements for carrying burdens on the Sabbath.');"><sup>26</sup></span> [are a part of] the halachic code [that was entrusted] to Moses at Sinai.
יב חטה לכדתנן הנכנס לבית המנוגע וכליו על כתיפיו וסנדליו וטבעותיו בידיו הוא והם טמאין מיד היה לבוש כליו וסנדליו ברגליו וטבעותיו באצבעותיו הוא טמא מיד והן טהורין עד שישהא בכדי אכילת פרס פת חיטין ולא פת שעורין מיסב ואוכל בליפתן
12 Are [not the laws relatin to] standards<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The minimum quantities, e.g., of forbidden foodstuffs the consumption of which constitutes the offence. V. infra for other examples.');"><sup>24</sup></span> Pentateuchal, since it is written in Scripture: A land of wheat and barley etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 8.');"><sup>27</sup></span> and R'Hanan stated that all this verse was said [with reference to the laws] of standards? 'Wheat'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 8.');"><sup>27</sup></span>
יג שעורה דתנן עצם כשעורה מטמא במגע ובמשא ואינו מטמא באהל
13 [namely was mentioned] as [an allusion to what] we have learnt: 'If a man entered a leprous<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XIV, 34ff.');"><sup>28</sup></span> house, [carrying] his clothes upon his shoulders and his sandals and rings in his hand<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. if he did not wear them.');"><sup>29</sup></span> both he and they become levitically unclean forthwith.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the clothes, sandals and rings were only carried by the man but not worn they, like himself, come under the Pentateuchal law, of 'he that goeth into the house . 'shall be unclean' (Lev. XIV 46) .');"><sup>30</sup></span>
יד גפן כדי רביעית יין לנזיר
14 If, however, he was wearing his clothes, had his sandals on his feet and his rings on his fingers, he becomes unclean forthwith but they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since they were worn in the usual manner.');"><sup>31</sup></span> remain clean<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They are included in the category of 'clothes' which have only to be washed (cf. Lev. XIV, 47 and the definition of 'eateth' infra n. 4) .');"><sup>32</sup></span> unless he stayed there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'until he will delay'.');"><sup>33</sup></span> [as much time] as is required for the eating<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the definition of 'eateth' (v. Supra n. 2) . xrp');"><sup>34</sup></span> of half a loaf<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , lit., 'a half', the whole loaf being equal to the size of eight eggs (cf. infra 82b) .');"><sup>35</sup></span> of wheaten bread, but not of barley bread,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The former is eaten much quicker than the latter which is not so tasteful.');"><sup>36</sup></span> while in a reclining posture<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In such a position, one eats quicker than when walking about.');"><sup>37</sup></span> and eating with some condiment'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neg. XIII, 9, Hul. 71b; cf. Supra n. 7 mutatis mutandis.');"><sup>38</sup></span> 'Barley'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 8.');"><sup>39</sup></span> [is an allusion to the following]. For we have learnt 'A bone of the size of a barley grain causes defilement by contact and carrying, but not by cover'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in the tent'; only a backbone, a skull and the like cause the defilement of a person in the same tent or under the same roof or cover. V. Oh. II, 3.');"><sup>40</sup></span> 'Vines'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 8.');"><sup>39</sup></span> [are an allusion to] the quantity of a quarter [of a log]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>41</sup></span> of wine [the drinking of which constitutes an offence]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Punishable by flogging.');"><sup>42</sup></span> of a nazirite.
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