13th CYCLE DEDICATIONS:

ERUVIN 66 (4 Sivan) - Dedicated by Rabbi Kornfeld's father, Mr. David Kornfeld, in memory of the members of his family who perished at the hands of the Nazi murderers in the Holocaust, Hashem Yikom Damam: His mother (Mirel bas Yakov Mordechai), brothers (Shraga Feivel, Aryeh Leib and Yisachar Dov sons of Mordechai), grandfather (Reb Yakov Mordechai ben Reb David Shpira) and aunt (Charne bas Yakov Mordechai, the wife of Reb Moshe Aryeh Cohen zt'l). Their Yahrzeit is observed on 4 Sivan.

1)

(a)Rebbi Yochanan rules 'Socher ki'Mevatel Reshus Dami', inasmuch as one can hire the gentile's Reshus - even on Shabbos. On the other hand, he holds 'Socher ki'Me'arev Dami' in three regards: that one does not require a Shaveh Perutah, that it can be done even through the gentile's 'worker' (Sechiro u'Lekito). What is the third ramification of 'Socher ki'Me'arev Dami'?

1)

(a)The third ramification of 'Socher ki'Me'arev Dami' - is that one person can act as an agent for a number of people and take his own bread on their behalf (as will be explained later on Daf 72b).

2)

(a)Shmuel made a three part statement: 'Kol Makom she'Osrin u'Me'arvin - Mevatlin; Me'arvin ve'Ein Osrin, Osrin ve'Ein Me'arvin, Ein Mevatlin'. What does 'Kol Makom she'Osrin u'Me'arvin - Mevatlin' mean, and to which case does it refer?

(b)What is the example of ...

1. ... 'Kol Makom she'Osrin u'Me'arvin'?

2. ... 'Me'arvin ve'Ein Osrin'?

3. ... 'Osrin ve'Ein Me'arvin'?

(c)How did this latter case cause Rebbi Elazar's consternation?

2)

(a)'Kol Makom she'Osrin u'Me'arvin, Mevatlin' - means that wherever one person forbids the other to carry without an Eruv, but where it is possible to make an Eruv, Bitul is effective.

(b)The example of ...

1. ... 'Kol Makom she'Osrin u'Me'arvin' - is a case of two courtyards, one within the other.

2. ... 'Me'arvin ve'Ein Osrin' - is a case of two courtyards one next to the other, both of which open out into a Mavoy or Reshus ha'Rabim, as well as opening one into the other (via a doorway between them).

3. ... 'Osrin ve'Ein Me'arvin' - is a case of a gentile who returned to the courtyard that he shared with Jews on Shabbos (because had he arrived before Shabbos, why would the Beraisa have said 'Osrin ve'Ein Me'arvin'? Why could they have made an Eruv, and rented the gentile's Reshus?).

(c)In any event, we see from the latter case that Bitul Reshus does not help on Shabbos, which explains Rebbi Elazar's consternation at the Sugya at the end of 65b, which took for granted that Bitul Reshus is effective even on Shabbos.

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3)

(a)What prompted Abaye to say (quite often) to Rav Yosef 'At Amrat Nehelan, ve'Ha Amrat Nehelan'?

(b)Which of Shmuel's statements did Rav Yosef claim he had never heard?

(c)What had Rav Yosef said with regard to Shmuel's statement 'Ein Bitul Reshus m'Chatzer l'Chatzer, ve'Ein Bitul Reshus b'Churvah', which proved that he had known about Shmuel's previous statement?

(d)Rav Yosef himself was surprised that he had ever quoted Shmuel as having said that, because it appeared to clash with a Mishnah. Which Mishnah?

3)

(a)Abaye said (quite often) to Rav Yosef 'At Amrat Nehelan, ve'A'ha Amrat Nehelan' - because Rav Yosef became ill and would often forget what he had taught his Talmidim.

(b)It was the first of Shmuel's statements 'Kol Makom she'Osrin u'Me'arvin - Mevatlin' - that Rav Yosef claimed he had never heard.

(c)Rav Yosef had said that Shmuel's statement 'Ein Bitul Reshus me'Chatzer le'Chatzer, ve'Ein Bitul Reshus be'Churvah' - was confined to two Chatzeros next to each other, but by two Chatzeros that are one behind the other, Bitul Reshus of the inner-courtyard does indeed help. This is because, due to the fact that they have the right to pass through the outer-courtyard (to get to the Mavoy), they forbid them to carry, and Bitul therefore helps.

(d)Rav Yosef himself was surprised that he had ever quoted Shmuel as having said that, because drawing on another statement of Shmuel (that the Lashon of the Mishnah with regard to Eruvin must be taken literally) - he cited a Mishnah which, with reference to Bitul, mentioned 'Anshei Chatzer', implying that it is only by the men of one Chatzer that Bitul is effective, but not by two.

4)

(a)'ve'Ein Bitul Reshus b'Churvah'. What does this mean? What is a Churvah?

4)

(a)A Churvah is a ruin. 'Ein Bitul Reshus be'Churvah' - means that Bitul Reshus does not help by a case of two houses (or rooms) with a ruin in between, since Chazal restricted Bitul Reshus to a Chatzer, in order to facilitate carrying there - because a Chatzer is a major domain that is intended to be used, whereas a ruin is not.

5)

(a)If Shmuel did not say 'Ein Lanu be'Eruvin Ela k'Leshon Mishnaseinu' in connection with 'Anshei Chatzer', ve'Lo Anshei Chatzeros (which Rav Yosef initially thought Shmuel had said), then in connection with which Mishnah did he say it?

5)

(a)Shmuel said 'Ein Lanu be'Eruvin Ela k'Leshon Mishnaseinu' (with regard to Eruvin) in connection with the Mishnah 'she'ha'Batim la'Chatzeiros, k'Chatzer l'Batim' (from which we derive that, in order to become permitted by means of a Lechi or a Korah, a Mavoy requires at least two Chatzeros opening into it, each consisting of at least two houses).

6)

(a)We quoted Shmuel, who says 'Ein Bitul Reshus m'Chatzer l'Chatzer, ve'Ein Bitul Reshus b'Churvah'. What does Rebbi Yochanan hold?

(b)Why do they need to argue in both cases?

(c)How does Abaye qualify Shmuel's statement?

(d)'Aval Shtei Chatzeros Zu Lifenim mi'Zu, Mitoch she'Osrin, Mevatlin'. Why must this be speaking when the inner Chatzer did not make its own Eruv?

6)

(a)Rebbi Yochanan disagrees totally with Shmuel. According to him 'Yesh Bitul Reshus mi'Chatzer l'Chatzer, v'Yesh Bitul Reshus be'Churvah'.

(b)Had they only argued by 'mi'Chatzer l'Chatzer' - we would have said that there, Bitul Reshus does not help, according to Shmuel, since each Chatzer is used independently, but by a Churvah, which is used jointly, perhaps he will agree with Rebbi Yochanan. And had they confined their Machlokes to a Churvah, we would have said that Rebbi Yochanan agrees with Shmuel (that Ein Bitul mi'Chatzer le'Chatzer)

(c)Abaye says (like his Rebbe Rav Yosef said earlier) - that Shmuel only said 'Ein Bitul Reshus mi'Chatzer le'Chatzer' by two Chatzeros which are next to each other, but by two Chazteros that are one within the other, since they forbid each other to carry, they can also be Mevatel their Reshus.

(d)'Aval Shtei Chatzeros Zu Lifenim mi'Zu, Mitoch she'Osrin, Mevatlin' must be speaking when the inner Chatzer did not make its own Eruv - otherwise, it will not conform with the opinion of the Rabbanan, who hold 'Regel ha'Materes bi'Mekomah, Eino Oseres she'Lo bi'Mekomah' (But now that they did not make an Eruv, it is a Regel ha'Oseres bi'Mekomah.

7)

(a)Rava says that even in a case of one courtyard within the other, Bitul only helps sometimes. If they placed the Eruv in the outer Chatzer, and one of the residents of either Chatzer forgot to participate in the Eruv, they are both forbidden to carry from their respective houses into the Chatzer. Why will Bitul Reshus not help if it is ...

1. ... one of the outer residents who forgot?

2. ... one of the inner residents who made the Eruv who are Mevatel Reshus to the one who forgot?

3. ... one of the outer residents who was Mevatel Reshus to the other residents of his Chatzer?

(b)Why can one of the inner residents be Mevatel his Reshus to the other residents of his own courtyard?

7)

(a)If they placed the Eruv in the outer Chatzer, Bitul Reshus will not help if it is ...

1. ... one of the outer residents who forgot - because to whom would he be Mevatel? If it was to the other residents of his own Chatzer, the inner residents will still forbid carrying there; and if it was to the residents of the inner-Chatzer, but Shmuel holds that Bitul does not help from one Chatzer to another!

2. ... the inner residents who made the Eruv who are Mevatel Reshus to the one who forgot - because even though he now becomes a Regel ha'Muteres bi'Mekomah, his friends who have been Mevatel their Reshus to him, are a Regel ha'Oseres bi'Mekomah.

3. ... one of the outer residents who was Mevatel Reshus to the other residents of his Chatzer - because the inner residents, who will not be affected by the outer Chatzer's Bitul, will forbid the outer residents (like in the previous case).

(b)Nor will it help for one of the inner residents to be Mevatel his Reshus to the other residents of his courtyard - since the Eruv is not in his courtyard, but in the outer one.

8)

(a)In which case then, does Rava agree that Bitul Reshus is effective?

(b)Why must this go according to Rebbi Akiva, and not the Rabbanan?

(c)Why can we not say the same, when it is one of the inner residents who forgot?

8)

(a)The case where Rava agrees that Bitul Reshus, according to Shmuel, will help by two courtyards - is when the Eruv was placed in the inner-courtyard, and it was one of the outer residents who forgot to combine in the Eruv. The outer residents would not normally have used the inner courtyard, and it is only on account of the Eruv that they now want to use it. Here Bitul Reshus helps on their part, seeing as the inner residents can say to them 'We only combined you in our Eruv for our benefit, but not for our loss!' Consequently, the inner residents can shut the intervening gate and carry in their courtyard.

(b)It is only according to Rebbi Akiva (on Daf 75b) that Bitul Reshus is necessary; according to the Rabbanan, the argument of 'We only accepted you in our Eruv for our benefit, but not for our loss!' takes effect even without Bitul Reshus.

(c)This argument of 'We only accepted you in our Eruv for our benefit, and not for our loss!' would simply make no sense if it was one of the residents of the inner courtyard who forgot.

9)

(a)The above goes according to the Chachamim, but not according to Rebbi Eliezer, in whose opinion even the Bitul Reshus of one of the inner residents helps. Why is that? What does Rebbi Eliezer say?

9)

(a)According to Rebbi Eliezer, who holds that it is sufficient to be Mevatel Reshus to just oneof the residents. In the case when the Eruv was placed in the inner- courtyard, and one of the inner residents forgot to join the Eruv, he could be Mevatel his Reshus to any of the other residents of his Chatzer, and the outer residents will be permitted to carry in the inner-Chatzer together with the inner residents. (See Tosfos DH 'ke'Ma'an').

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