Eruvin 26b

עירובין כ״ו ע״ב

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Topic

The end of פרק עושין פסין (ביטול רשות of the house according to רבי אליעזר and the רבנן, and ערקבלין for מרור) and the opening משנה of בכל מערבין (which foods and places work for an עירוב).

Overview

This amud opens at the end of a sugya. Two משניות seemed to contradict each other, and the answer is that one follows רבי אליעזר and the other follows the רבנן. רב ששת explains their dispute: for רבי אליעזר, someone who does ביטול רשות on his share of the חצר also gives up his house; for the רבנן, he does not. The גמרא asks why this needed saying (פשיטא). It answers with a case of five residents where one forgot to join the עירוב: for רבי אליעזר he need not give up his rights to each person separately, and a ברייתא saying this follows רבי אליעזר. A second version (רב טביומי's) attributes this connection to רב ששת himself. רב פפא then asks אביי what happens if a person openly says the opposite of each view's default, and אביי answers that a clearly stated intention always counts. The chapter closes with the משנה's teaching that ערקבלין may be used for מרור, ending פרק עושין פסין. A new chapter, בכל מערבין, begins: an עירוב may be made with any food except water and salt, and the food need only be fit for someone, with סומכוס and רבי יהודה adding their own views.

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The steps (25)

1. ResolutionThe two sources follow different תנאים
2. StatementThe exact point of the מחלוקת: does the house go with the חצר?
3. ChallengeIsn't that obvious?
4. ResolutionThe case of five residents where one forgot the עירוב
5. ResolutionFive people in one courtyard: does he have to give up his share to each one?
6. QuestionWhich opinion does the ברייתא about five residents follow?
7. ResponseThe ברייתא follows רבי אליעזר
8. QuestionA second version of the passage asks the same question
9. Responseרב ששת himself says the ברייתא follows רבי אליעזר
10. QuestionWhat if the person says the opposite of the default rule?
11. QuestionFirst possible reason for רבי אליעזר: it is only a guess about what he meant
12. QuestionSecond possible reason for רבי אליעזר: a house without a courtyard is useless
13. QuestionThe same question for the רבנן: the first possible reason
14. QuestionMaybe the רבנן hold that a person cannot give up his house at all
15. Responseאביי answers: clearly stated intention always counts
16. StatementThe משנה's teaching: ערקבלין can be used for bitter herbs on פסח
17. QuestionWhat is ערקבלין?
18. Responseריש לקיש identifies ערקבלין
19. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק עושין פסין
20. StatementAny food may be used for an עירוב except water and salt
21. StatementThe same exception for מעשר שני money and for one who vows off food
22. StatementAn עירוב may use food the person himself cannot eat
23. Statementסומכוס requires חולין for a ישראל
24. StatementA כהן's עירוב may be placed in a בית הפרס
25. Statementרבי יהודה permits a כהן's עירוב even among the graves