Eruvin

R. Anan subsequently1 came and threw it2 down3 when he4 exclaimed: I have been living undisturbed5 in this alley6 on the authority7 of Samuel, why should R. Anan b. Rab now come and throw its side-post down!’8 May it not then be deduced from this that he9 did not accept it from him?10 — As a matter of fact it may still be maintained that he9 did accept it from him,11 but12 in this case13 a Synagogue superintendent who was having his meals14 in his own home15 came16 to spend his nights at the Synagogue.17 Eibuth b. Ihi [however] thought that one's dining place is the cause [of shittuf],18 while Samuel [in reality] was merely acting on his own principle he having laid down that one's night's lodging19 — place is the cause.20 Rab Judah citing Rab ruled: For an alley whose one side21 occupied by all idolater and its other side by an Israelite no ‘erub may be prepared22 through windows23 render the movement of objects24 permissible by way of the door25 into the alley. Said Abaye to R. Joseph: Did Rab give the same ruling even in respect of a courtyard?26 — Yes,27 the other replied, for if he had not given it28 I might29 have presumed that Rab's reason for his ruling30 was his opinion that the use of an alley cannot be rendered permissible by means of a side-post or cross-beam unless houses and courtyards opened into it;31 and [as to the objection:] What need was there32 for two [rulings33 it could be replied that both were] necessary: For if all our information had to be derived from the former ruling34 p. 516, n. 13). however, the superintendent discontinued that practice and the Synagogue was entirely unoccupied at night. Hence R. Anan's action. of Eibuth b. Ihi, be regarded as one of its occupants. He, therefore, gained the impression that Samuel acknowledged the validity of his side-post on the ground that one house and one courtyard suffice to constitute an alley. Hence his remonstrance with R. Anan. regarded as an inhabited courtyard, so that together with the courtyard of Eibuth b. Ihi the alley actually had two courtyards and its use could be made to be unrestricted by means of a side-post even according to Rab. was connected by some form of opening with the houses of other Israelites. was only one valid courtyard in the alley.