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Eruvin 65b

עירובין ס״ה ע״ב

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Topic

Wine and character; which תנא רב's courtyard ruling follows; renting a גוי's rights from a landlord and on שבת

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a teaching that wine flowing freely in a home is a sign of ברכה. רבי אילעאי adds that a person's true character shows in his cup, his pocket and his anger, and some add his laughter. The גמרא then returns to עירובין with רב's case: a Jew and a גוי live in an inner courtyard, a Jew lives in the outer one, and carrying is forbidden. The גמרא tests which תנא רב follows. It rejects רבי מאיר and רבי אליעזר בן יעקב, then challenges רבי עקיבא's rule of the 'foot'. רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע settles it: רב follows both רבי אליעזר בן יעקב and רבי עקיבא, in a case where the two Jews made an עירוב, so only the גוי forbids. רבי אליעזר asks about the reverse case, with the גוי in the outer courtyard, and רב rules strictly. Two inn stories follow about renting a גוי's rights: from a landlord when the tenant is away, which רבי אפס approves, and on שבת itself, which the Sages dispute. In the second story the Sages bring the question to רבי יוחנן, whose answer continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

אִי נִשְׁפָּךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ כַּמַּיִם —

If [wine] flows in his house like water —

אִיכָּא בְּרָכָה,

there is blessing,

וְאִי לָא — לָא.

and if not — [there is] not.

אָמַר רַבִּי אִילְעַאי,

Rabbi Elai said,

The steps (29)

  1. ConclusionWine flowing like water is a sign of blessing
  2. StatementA person's character shows in three things
  3. Statementרב's case of a Jew and a גוי in the inner courtyard
  4. Questionרב ששת asks whose view רב's ruling follows
  5. ResponseIt follows רבי מאיר, and רבה nods
  6. Challengeרב יוסף challenges the claim that רב follows רבי מאיר
  7. ResolutionPossible defense: the case simply happened that way
  8. RejectionRejected: רב himself permitted the inner Jew to carry
  9. RejectionCould רב follow רבי אליעזר בן יעקב? No
  10. ResponseSuggestion: רב follows רבי עקיבא's rule of the foot
  11. ChallengeWhy does רב need a גוי at all?
  12. Resolutionרב follows both opinions, and the Jews made an עירוב
  13. Questionרבי אליעזר asks about a גוי in the outer courtyard
  14. QuestionWhy a גוי in the outer courtyard might not forbid
  15. QuestionThe strict side: maybe the גוי in the outer courtyard is also afraid
  16. Responseרב answers with a verse: be strict
  17. StatementThe story at the inn: the tenant is away, the landlord is there
  18. QuestionCan they rent from the landlord?
  19. QuestionNarrowing the question: only when the landlord can evict the tenant
  20. QuestionTwo sides: can the landlord's power to remove the tenant be enough?
  21. Responseריש לקיש: let us rent now and ask later
  22. Conclusionרבי אפס approves: you did well to rent
  23. StatementNew story: the inn owner arrives on שבת
  24. QuestionFirst side: is renting like making an עירוב, which must be done before שבת?
  25. QuestionSecond side: is renting like ביטול רשות, which works even on שבת?
  26. Responseרבי חנינא בר יוסף: We may rent on שבת
  27. Responseרבי אסי: We may not rent on שבת
  28. Conclusionרבי חייא בר אבא: Rely on the elder and rent
  29. QuestionThey ask רבי יוחנן