Eruvin

do you not agree that the skin might burst and the man would thus have been drinking liquids of tebel?’ And he replied: ‘When it will have burst [there would be time for the question to be considered]’. MISHNAH. R. ELIEZER RULED: IF A FESTIVAL DAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDES OR FOLLOWS1 THE SABBATH A MAN2 MAY PREPARE TWO ‘ERUBS3 AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION: MY ‘ERUB FOR THE FIRST [DAY SHALL BE THAT] OF THE EAST4 AND THE ONE FOR THE SECOND DAY THAT OF THE WEST’;5 ‘THE ONE FOR THE FIRST DAY [SHALL BE THAT] OF THE WEST AND THE ONE FOR THE SECOND DAY THAT OF THE EAST; ‘MY ‘ERUB [SHALL BE EFFECTIVE] FOR THE FIRST DAY, AND FOR THE SECOND DAY [I SHALL RETAIN THE SAME RIGHTS] AS THE PEOPle OF MY TOWN’,6 OR ‘MY ‘ERUB [SHAll BE EFFECTIVE] FOR THE SECOND DAY, AND FOR THE FIRST DAY [I SHALL RETAIN THE SAME RIGHTS] AS THE PEOPle OF MY TOWN — THE SAGES, HOWEVER, RULED: HE EITHER PREPARES AN ERUB FOR ONE DIRECTION7 OR8 NONE AT ALL;9 HE EITHER PREPARES ONE ‘ERUB FOR THE TWO DAYS10 OR NONE AT ALL. HOW IS ONE TO ACT?11 HE ARRANGES [FOR THE ‘ERUB] TO BE CARRIED [TO THE REQUIRED SPOT] ON THE FIRST DAY [BY A DEPUTY]12 WHO, HAVING REMAINED THERE WITH IT UNTIL DUSK’,13 TAKES IT UP AND GOES AWAY.14 ON THE SECOND [DAY THE ‘ERUB IS AGAIN CARRIED THERE AND] KEPT UNTIL DUSK WHEN [THE DEPUTY] EATS IT15 AND GOES AWAY. HE16 THUS BENEFITS BOTH IN HIS MOVEMENTS17 AND IN HIS ‘ERUB.18 IF THE ERUB WAS EATEN UP ON THE FIRST DAY IT REMAINS EFFECTIVE FOR THE FIRST DAY19 BUT NOT FOR THE SECOND. SAID R. ELIEZER TO THEM: YOU DO THEN AGREE WITH ME THAT THEY20 ARE TWO DISTINCT ENTITIES OF HOLINESS.21 GEMARA. What is [the purport of the expression] FOR ONE DIRECTION? Obviously FOR THE TWO DAYS.22 And what is [the purport of the expression,] FOR TWO DAYS? Obviously FOR ONE DIRECTION.23 [Is not then the latter clause] identical with the first one?24 — It is this that the Rabbis25 meant to say to R. Eliezer: ‘Do you not agree that no ‘erub may be prepared for one half of a day for a northern direction and for the other half of the same day for a southern direction?’ ‘Indeed [I do]’, he replied. ‘As’, they continued, ‘no ‘erub may be prepared for one half of a day for a southern direction and for the other half of the same day for a northern direction so may no ‘erub be prepared for one of two days in an easterly direction and for the other in a westerly direction’ — And R. Eliezer?26 — The one day27 is a single entity of holiness, but the two days28 are two distinct entitles of holiness. Said R. Eliezer to them:25 ‘Do you not agree that if a man29 prepared an ‘erub with his feet30 for the first day he must31 also prepare an ‘erub with his feet for the second day,32 or that if his ‘erub33 was eaten up on the first day34 he may not go out35 [in reliance] on it on the second day?’ ‘Indeed’, they replied. ‘Surely, then’,36 [he retorted: ‘the two days must be] two entities of holiness’. And the Rabbis?37 — They were rather uncertain38 and have, therefore, adopted the more restrictive course in both cases.39 ‘Do you not agree’, they again said to R. Eliezer, ‘that It is forbidden to prepare an ‘erub for the Sabbath on a festival day40 for the first time?’41 ‘Indeed [I do]’, he replied. ‘Surely, then’,42 [they retorted: ‘the two days must be] one entity of holiness’. And R.Eliezer?43 — [The restriction] there is due [to the prohibition] of preparing [for the Sabbath on a festival day].44 Our Rabbis taught: If a man45 prepared an ‘erub with his feet on the first day he must also prepare an ‘erub with his feet on the second day; if his ‘erub was eaten up on the first day he may not go out [in reliance] on it on the second day; so Rabbi. R. Judah said: consequently take effect at twilight of the eve of the first day and the other at twilight of the following day, each ‘erub serving for the day for which it is prepared. town in the opposite direction of that ‘erub, he would he entitled to a radius of two thousand cubits from the town in all directions. it for him as his abode for that Sabbath or festival. ‘erub for the second day. in a karmelith is forbidden. enjoy the eating of the two meals of which the ‘erub consists. Had he not preserved the ‘erub he might have lost both benefits. Should the festival be preceded by the Sabbath when the carrying of objects is forbidden (cf. supra n. 6) there is no alternative but to leave the ‘erub in its position until the termination of the Sabbath. It must be examined at twilight just before the festival begins and, if it is found intact, it must be allowed to remain in position until dusk when it may be carried away or eaten on the spot, retained its effectiveness until the conclusion of the second day. ‘Now since you concede this point’, R. Eliezer says in effect, ‘You must also concede that two ‘erubs may be prepared respectively for the two days for two different directions’. of the day. as he did on the eve of the first day (cf. supra n. 8) since his first acquisition has no effect whatever on his movements on the second day. entities of holiness or as one only. entity of holiness and also (b) required an ‘erub for each day in particular in case the two days are distinct entities of holiness.