Eruvin

the vines are permitted;1 if vines grew in the lesser one it is permitted2 to sow in the larger one.3 If a woman was in the larger one, and her get4 was in the lesser one5 she is6 divorced thereby;7 but if the woman was in the lesser one and her get4 in the larger,5 she is not divorced.8 If a congregation was in the larger one and the Reader9 in the lesser one, they have dully performed their duty,10 but if the congregation was in the lesser one and the Reader in the larger one they have not performed their duty.11 If nine men were in the larger courtyard and one was in the lesser one they may all be combined,12 but if nine men were in the lesser one and one man in the larger one they may not be combined.13 If excrement was in the larger one it is forbidden to read the portions of the shema’14 in the lesser one,15 but if it was in the lesser one it is permitted to read the shema’ in the larger one.16 Said Abaye to them, If so, do we not find here a case where a partition17 is a cause of prohibition, for in the absence of a partition18 one may sow at a distance of four cubits19 whereas now20 this is forbidden?’21 But, retorted R. Zera to Abaye, do we not elsewhere also find a case where a partition is a cause of prohibition? Have we not in fact learnt: IF THE FULL. WIDTH OF A WALL OF A SMALL.22 COURTYARD WAS BROKEN DOWN SO THAT THE YARD FULLY OPENED INTO A LARGE22 COURTYARD, THE USE OF THE LARGER ONE IS PERMITTED, BUT THAT OF THE SMALLER ONE IS FORBIDDEN, BECAUSE THE GAP IS REGARDED AS A DOORWAY TO THE FORMER; but if its projections23 had been straightened24 the use of the large One also25 would have been forbidden?26 — There,27 the other replied, it is a case of the removal of partitions.28 ‘Do we not’, retorted Raba to Abaye, ‘find a partition to be the cause of a prohibition? Has it not in fact been stated: doorway having the status of a partition, the corn may be sown even in close proximity to the vines (cf. B.B. 26a). In this case, since they were planed first, the vines also remain permitted (cf. Men. 15a). unless she was herself present at the time within that domain. desire to acquire a get to be divorced) cannot be deemed to be transferred to the larger courtyard. themselves unable to read them. same place as the congregation. regarded as present with them in the lesser one, while a whole congregation cannot be deemed to be transferred from their position and shifted towards the position of an individual. mut.) the first of which begins with the words ‘Shema’ Yisroel’ (‘Hear, O Israel’). The three passages form the central part of the morning and evening services. one) which has the status of a partition. by Abaye, however, there is only one set of partitions and these very partitions are the cause of the prohibition.