Eruvin 70b

עירובין ע׳ ע״ב

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Topic

Can a יורש do ביטול רשות in a courtyard on שבת when he inherits on שבת itself?

Overview

רבא asks רב נחמן whether an heir who inherits a share in a courtyard on שבת may do ביטול רשות. Maybe he cannot, because he could not have made an עירוב before שבת. Or maybe he can, because a יורש stands in his father's place. רב נחמן says the heir can renounce, though the school of שמואל taught that he cannot. רבא challenges him with a ברייתא: whatever was permitted or forbidden at the start of שבת stays that way all שבת, except for one who renounces his rights. The גמרא explains the ברייתא's examples and then draws the inference that only the owner himself is excepted, not an heir. רב נחמן answers that the exception covers the whole category of renouncing, which includes heirs. A second ברייתא says an heir 'forbids' carrying, and רב נחמן explains this means he forbids only until he renounces. The amud ends as the גמרא begins a new challenge about a Jew and a גר who shared one residence, and it continues on the next amud.

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The steps (16)

1. QuestionFirst side: maybe the heir cannot renounce
2. QuestionSecond side: maybe the heir is like his father
3. Responseרב נחמן: I say he can renounce, but the school of שמואל says he cannot
4. Challengeרבא objects from a general rule about part of שבת
5. StatementExplaining the first clause: an עירוב stays valid even if the opening is closed
6. StatementAdding an alleyway that lost its beam or post
7. StatementThe forbidden half: two houses walled in on שבת
8. QuestionWhat does the second 'this is the rule' add?
9. ResponseA non-Jew who died on שבת
10. ChallengeOnly the owner himself, not the heir
11. ResolutionRead the exception as a whole category of renouncing
12. ChallengeA new source: a resident dies and leaves his share to an outsider
13. StatementThe reverse case: an outsider dies and leaves his share to a resident
14. ChallengeWhy forbid? Let the heir renounce
15. Resolution'Forbids' means 'forbids until he renounces'
16. ChallengeA new source: a Jew and a convert sharing one residence