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Eruvin 75b

עירובין ע״ה ע״ב

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Topic

Shared עירוב problems for courtyards and houses that open one into another: forgotten contributors, ביטול רשות, single residents, a גוי, and passageway houses (בית שער).

Overview

The amud opens with a ברייתא about two courtyards, one inside the other, that share one עירוב when one resident forgets to join. רבי עקיבא forbids both courtyards in every case. The חכמים permit the inner courtyard when the עירוב is inside and the one who forgot lives outside. Through a series of questions and answers, the גמרא shows that רבי עקיבא allows ביטול רשות between courtyards and the חכמים do not. It then shows that the argument between שמואל and רבי יוחנן need not match this dispute. Next comes the case of courtyards with single residents. רב יוסף's report is corrected by רב ביבי, and שמואל gives a more lenient rule. רבי אלעזר adds that a גוי counts like many people. Finally, שמואל and רבי יוחנן argue whether a passageway used by one person counts as a בית שער, and רב introduces a case of two courtyards with three houses between them, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי:

It was also taught this way:

נָתְנוּ עֵירוּבָן בַּחִיצוֹנָה,

If they placed their eiruv in the outer courtyard,

וְשָׁכַח אֶחָד,

and one person forgot,

בֵּין מִן הַחִיצוֹנָה וּבֵין מִן הַפְּנִימִית,

whether from the outer or from the inner courtyard,

The steps (26)

  1. ProofA ברייתא supports the earlier statement: רבי עקיבא's view
  2. StatementThe חכמים permit the inner courtyard in one case
  3. ChallengeWhy can't the inner courtyard just close its door for רבי עקיבא too?
  4. Resolutionאביי: the עירוב gets people used to coming in
  5. ChallengeBut the עירוב is in the inner courtyard for the חכמים too
  6. ResolutionThe inner courtyard says: we joined you to help, not to hurt
  7. ChallengeWhy can't the inner courtyard say this for רבי עקיבא too?
  8. ResolutionFor רבי עקיבא, the outer courtyard can give up its rights
  9. ResolutionThe חכמים: no giving up rights from one courtyard to another
  10. QuestionIs the שמואל and רבי יוחנן dispute the same as this one?
  11. Rejectionשמואל's view fits even רבי עקיבא
  12. Rejectionרבי יוחנן's view fits even the חכמים
  13. StatementThree residents in two courtyards are forbidden
  14. Rejectionרב ביבי corrects רב יוסף's report
  15. Conclusionרב יוסף admits he confused two words
  16. Statementשמואל: forbidden only when two live in the inner courtyard
  17. Statementרבי אלעזר: a gentile counts as many people
  18. ChallengeWhy should a gentile be different from a single Jew?
  19. ResolutionA gentile who rented would talk about it
  20. StatementTen houses in a row: only the innermost contributes
  21. Statementרבי יוחנן: even the outer one contributes
  22. ChallengeBut the outer house is a gatehouse
  23. ResolutionHe means the house just outside the innermost one
  24. QuestionWhat is the root of their disagreement?
  25. ResponseDoes a gatehouse for one person count as a gatehouse?
  26. Statementרב's case: two courtyards with three houses between them