## Eruvin Daf 14b

###### Eruvin 14b:1
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בְּמַיִם״ — בְּמֵי מִקְוֶה. ״כׇּל בְּשָׂרוֹ״ — מַיִם שֶׁכׇּל גּוּפוֹ עוֹלֶה בָּהֶן, וְכַמָּה הֵן? אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה בְּרוּם שָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת. וְשִׁיעֲרוּ חֲכָמִים, מֵי מִקְוֶה אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**in water**; specifically **in the water of a ritual bath.** The expression **“all his flesh”** (Leviticus 15:16) teaches that one must immerse in **water that his whole body can enter** at once. **And how much is that? A cubit by a cubit by the height of three cubits. And the Sages calculated** that the volume of **water** necessary for **a ritual bath** of this size **is forty *se’a*.**


###### Eruvin 14b:2
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כַּמָּה הָווּ לְהוּ? חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה גַּרְמִידֵי, לִתְלָת מְאָה — מְאָה, לְמֵאָה וְחַמְשִׁין — חַמְשִׁין. בְּאַרְבַּע מְאָה וְחַמְשִׁין סַגִּיא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara now calculates **how many** ritual baths should have been contained in Solomon’s Sea. The volume of the sea was **five hundred** cubic **cubits,** as it was ten cubits in length, ten cubits in width, and five cubits in height. The minimum volume of a ritual bath is three cubic cubits. Therefore, **three hundred** cubic cubits is the volume of **a hundred** ritual baths, and **one hundred and fifty** cubic cubits is the volume of another **fifty** ritual baths. Consequently, **four hundred and fifty** cubic cubits **are enough** to contain a hundred and fifty ritual baths; but the volume of the sea was five hundred.


###### Eruvin 14b:3
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הָנֵי מִילֵּי בְּרִיבּוּעָא — יָם שֶׁעָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה עָגוֹל הָיָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers that there is an error in the calculation: **These** calculations with regard to the volume of the sea would **apply to a square,** but the **sea fashioned by Solomon was round,** and its volume was therefore smaller.


###### Eruvin 14b:4
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מִכְּדֵי, כַּמָּה מְרוּבָּע יָתֵר עַל הֶעָגוֹל? רְבִיעַ. לְאַרְבַּע מְאָה — מְאָה, לְמֵאָה — עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה. הָנֵי מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה הָווּ לְהוּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues to ask: **Now, how much larger is a square** of ten-by-ten cubits **than a circle** with a diameter of ten cubits? **A quarter.** Consequently, **four hundred** cubic cubits of our original calculation must be reduced to three hundred, which is the volume of **one hundred** ritual baths; and the remaining **hundred** cubits must be reduced to seventy-five, which is the volume of **twenty-five** ritual baths. According to this calculation, Solomon’s Sea was the size of only **one hundred and twenty-five** ritual baths, not one hundred and fifty as stated above.


###### Eruvin 14b:5
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תָּנֵי רָמֵי בַּר יְחֶזְקֵאל: יָם שֶׁעָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה, שָׁלֹשׁ אַמּוֹת תַּחְתּוֹנוֹת מְרוּבָּעוֹת, וּשְׁתַּיִם עֶלְיוֹנוֹת עֲגוּלּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In answer to this question, **Rami bar Yeḥezkel taught** as follows: In the **sea that Solomon fashioned,** the **three lower cubits were square and** the **upper two were round.** Consequently, the three lower cubits of the sea contained the volume of a hundred ritual baths, and its upper two cubits contained the volume of fifty ritual baths, for a total of one hundred and fifty ritual baths.


###### Eruvin 14b:6
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נְהִי דְּאִיפְּכָא לָא מָצֵית אָמְרַתְּ — דִּ״שְׂפָתוֹ עָגוֹל״ כְּתִיב, אֶלָּא אֵימָא חֲדָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **Although you cannot say the opposite,** that the bottom of the sea was round, **as it is written** in the verse that **its brim was round;** you can, **however, say** that only **one** cubit on top was round.


###### Eruvin 14b:7
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לָא סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ, דִּכְתִיב: ״אַלְפַּיִם בַּת יָכִיל״. ״בַּת״ כַּמָּה הָוְיָא — שָׁלֹשׁ סְאִין, דִּכְתִיב: ״מַעְשַׂר הַבַּת מִן הַכּוֹר״, דְּהָוֵה לְהוּ שִׁיתָּא אַלְפֵי גְּרִיוֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this possibility: **This cannot enter your mind, as it is written** with regard to the sea: “And it was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the petals of a lily; **it contained two thousand *bat*”** (i Kings 7:26). **How much is** the measure of **a *bat*? Three *se’a*,** as the verse states: “Concerning the ordinance of oil, the *bat* of oil, you shall offer **the tenth part of a *bat* out of the *kor*,** which is a *ḥomer* of ten *bat*, for ten *bat* are a *ḥomer*” (Ezekiel 45:14). This proves that the *bat* is a tenth of a *kor*, or three *se’a*, as a *kor* is thirty *se’a*. Consequently, the sea, which contained two thousand *bat*, **contained six thousand *se’a*,** the volume of exactly one hundred and fifty ritual baths.


###### Eruvin 14b:8
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וְהָא כְּתִיב: ״מַחֲזִיק בַּתִּים שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים״? הָהוּא לְגוּדְשָׁא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Isn’t it written** elsewhere with regard to Solomon’s Sea: **“It received** and held **three thousand *bat*”** (ii Chronicles 4:5)? The Gemara answers: **That** is referring **to the heaped measure** of dry goods that the sea could hold, as dry goods can be heaped above the brim.


###### Eruvin 14b:9
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אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: הַאי גּוּדְשָׁה, תִּלְתָּא הָוֵי. וּתְנַן נָמֵי: שִׁידָּה תֵּיבָה וּמִגְדָּל, כַּוֶּורֶת הַקַּשׁ וְכַוֶּורֶת הַקָּנִים, וּבוֹר סְפִינָה אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִית, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶן שׁוּלַיִם וְהֵן מַחֲזִיקוֹת אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה בַּלַּח, שֶׁהֵן כּוֹרַיִים בַּיָּבֵשׁ — טְהוֹרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said: Learn from it** that **the surplus** of dry goods in a vessel relative to liquids **is one-third** of the contents of the vessel. **We also learned** the same thing in the following mishna: **A carriage, a box, and a cupboard, a round straw barrel, and a round barrel** made **of reeds, and the cistern of an Alexandrian ship,** which is a large vessel placed on a boat and filled with potable water, **although** these vessels **have bottoms,** i.e., they are receptacles, since they **have a capacity of forty *se’a*** of **liquid, which is the** equivalent of **two *kor*** of **dry** goods, they are **ritually pure.** Even if they come into contact with a source of ritual impurity, they do not become impure. Beyond a certain size, containers are no longer considered vessels and, consequently, cannot become ritually impure. This mishna states clearly that a vessel that holds forty *se’a* of liquids can hold two *kor*, or sixty *se’a*, of dry goods.


###### Eruvin 14b:10
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**מַתְנִי׳** לְחָיַיִן שֶׁאָמְרוּ — גּוֹבְהָן עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, וְרׇחְבָּן וְעוֹבְיָין כׇּל שֶׁהוּא. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: רׇחְבָּן שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **The side posts** the Sages **spoke** of with regard to rendering an alleyway fit for one to carry within it, **their height** must be at least **ten handbreadths, and their width and thickness** may be **any amount. Rabbi Yosei says: Their width** must be at least **three handbreadths.**


###### Eruvin 14b:11
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**גְּמָ׳** לְחָיַיִן שֶׁאָמְרוּ כּוּ׳. לֵימָא תְּנַן סְתָמָא כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, דְּאָמַר לְחָיַיִן בָּעִינַן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** We learned in the mishna: **The side posts** the Sages **spoke** of, **etc.** The Gemara asks: **Shall we say the mishna taught an unattributed ruling in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Eliezer, who said** that in order to permit carrying in an alleyway, **we require** two **side posts?**


###### Eruvin 14b:12
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לָא, מַאי לְחָיַיִן — לְחָיַיִן דְּעָלְמָא. אִי הָכִי, קוֹרָה נָמֵי — נִיתְנֵי קוֹרוֹת, וּמַאי קוֹרוֹת: קוֹרוֹת דְּעָלְמָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **No; what** is meant by the plural term **side posts? Side posts in general,** and not those required by a single alleyway. The Gemara asks: **If so, let** the previous mishna **also teach** the *halakha* of a cross **beam** with the plural term cross **beams, and** we would say: **What** is meant by the plural term cross **beams?** Cross beams **in general.**


###### Eruvin 14b:13
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הָכִי קָאָמַר: אוֹתָן לְחָיַיִן שֶׁנֶּחְלְקוּ בָּהֶן רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וַחֲכָמִים — גּוֹבְהָן עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, וְרוֹחְבָּן וְעוֹבְיָין כׇּל שֶׁהוּא. וְכַמָּה כׇּל שֶׁהוּא, תָּנֵי רַבִּי חִיָּיא: אֲפִילּוּ כְּחוּט הַסַּרְבָּל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers that **this is what** the mishna **is saying: Those side posts that Rabbi Eliezer and the Sages disagreed about,** of which Rabbi Eliezer required two and the Sages sufficed with one, **their height** must be at least **ten handbreadths, and their width and thickness** may be **any amount.** The Gemara asks: **And how much is any amount? Rabbi Ḥiyya taught: Even as** small as **the string** used to tie **a coat.**


###### Eruvin 14b:14
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תָּנָא עָשָׂה לֶחִי לַחֲצִי מָבוֹי אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא חֲצִי מָבוֹי. פְּשִׁיטָא! אֶלָּא אֵימָא: יֵשׁ לוֹ חֲצִי מָבוֹי. הָא נָמֵי פְּשִׁיטָא! מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: לֵיחוּשׁ דִּילְמָא אָתֵי לְאִישְׁתַּמּוֹשֵׁי בְּכוּלֵּיהּ, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was taught** in a *Tosefta*: With regard to **one who erected a side post for half an alleyway,** i.e., he put it up halfway down the alleyway rather than at its entrance, **he has** the right to carry **only** in the inner **half of the alleyway,** but not in the outer half. The Gemara asks: **That is obvious;** what novel element was introduced here? **Rather, say: He may** carry in the inner **half of the alleyway** even though there is no side post at the entrance to the alleyway. The Gemara asks: **That too is obvious.** The Gemara explains that nonetheless there is a novelty here: **Lest you say** that **we should be concerned that** if it is permitted to carry in the inner half **one might come to use the entire** alleyway, the *Tosefta* **teaches** that carrying in the inner half is permitted.


###### Eruvin 14b:15
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אָמַר רָבָא: עָשָׂה לֶחִי לְמָבוֹי וְהִגְבִּיהוֹ מִן הַקַּרְקַע שְׁלֹשָׁה, אוֹ שֶׁהִפְלִיגוֹ מִן הַכּוֹתֶל שְׁלֹשָׁה — לֹא עָשָׂה וְלֹא כְלוּם. אֲפִילּוּ לְרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל דְּאָמַר אָמְרִינַן לָבוּד — הָנֵי מִילֵּי לְמַעְלָה, אֲבָל לְמַטָּה, כֵּיוָן דְּהָוְיָא מְחִיצָה שֶׁהַגְּדָיִין בּוֹקְעִין בָּהּ — לָא קָאָמַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said:** With regard to **one who erected a side post in an alleyway and raised it three** handbreadths **from the ground, or distanced it three** handbreadths **from the wall, he has not done anything,** as it is not a valid side post. **Even according to** the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, who said: We say** that objects separated by a gap of up to four handbreadths are considered **connected, that applies only above,** e.g., to a cross beam that does not reach the wall of the alleyway; **but below, since it is a partition through which goats can pass,** as a goat can pass through an opening three handbreadths high, even **he did not say** that they are considered connected.


###### Eruvin 14b:16
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רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר רׇחְבָּן שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: אֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי לֹא בְּהֵילְמֵי וְלֹא בִּלְחָיַיִן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
We learned in the mishna that **Rabbi Yosei says: The width** of the side posts must be at least **three handbreadths. Rav Yosef said** that **Rav Yehuda said** that **Shmuel said: The *halakha* is not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yosei, not with regard to** preparing salt **brine [*hilmei*]** on Shabbat, **and not with regard to side posts.**


###### Eruvin 14b:17
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב הוּנָא בַּר חִינָּנָא: בְּהֵילְמֵי אֲמַרְתְּ לַן, בִּלְחָיַיִן לָא אֲמַרְתְּ לַן? מַאי שְׁנָא בְּהֵילְמֵי — דִּפְלִיגִי רַבָּנַן עֲלֵיהּ, לְחָיַיִן נָמֵי — פְּלִיגִי רַבָּנַן עֲלֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: שָׁאנֵי לְחָיַיִן, מִשּׁוּם דְּקָאֵי רַבִּי כְּווֹתֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Huna bar Ḥinana said to him: With regard to brine you told us** that the *halakha* is not in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, but **with regard to side posts you did not tell us** this; perhaps you have forgotten that the *halakha* is in accordance with his view in that case. Rav Yosef asked: **What is different about brine,** with regard to which **the Sages disagree with** Rabbi Yosei? In the case of **side posts also the Sages disagree with him,** and therefore the *halakha* should not be in accordance with his view in either case. Rav Huna bar Ḥinana **said to him: Side posts are different, as Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **holds in accordance with** the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, and therefore the *halakha* may be decided in accordance with their jointly held position.


###### Eruvin 14b:18
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רַב רְחוּמִי מַתְנֵי הָכִי: אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב שְׁמוּאֵל [בַּר שִׁילַת] מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: אֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי לֹא בְּהֵילְמֵי וְלֹא בִּלְחָיַיִן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אָמַרְתְּ? אֲמַר לְהוּ: לָא. אָמַר רָבָא: הָאֱלֹהִים! אַמְרַהּ, וּגְמִירְנָא לַהּ מִינֵּיהּ. וּמַאי טַעְמָא קָא הָדַר בֵּיהּ? מִשּׁוּם דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי נִימּוּקוֹ עִמּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara reports that **Rav Raḥumei taught this** version of the previous discussion: **Rav Yehuda, the son of Rav Shmuel bar Sheilat, said in the name of Rav: The *halakha* is not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yosei, not with regard to brine and not with regard to side posts.** At some later point, someone **said to him: Did you** really **say** this? **He said to them: No. Rava said,** reinforcing his words with an oath: **By God! He did** in fact **say this, and I learned it from him,** but he later retracted this ruling. **And what** is the **reason he retracted it? Due to** the well-known principle that **Rabbi Yosei’s reasoning [*nimmuko*] is with him,** and the *halakha* follows his opinion even against the majority view.


###### Eruvin 14b:19
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא בַּר רַב חָנָן לְאַבָּיֵי: הִילְכְתָא מַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: פּוֹק חֲזִי מַאי עַמָּא דָבַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava bar Rav Ḥanan said to Abaye: What is the** accepted ***halakha*** with regard to the width of a side post? **He said to him: Go out** and observe **what the people are doing;** it is common practice to rely on a side post of minimal width.


###### Eruvin 14b:20
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אִיכָּא דְּמַתְנֵי לַהּ אַהָא: הַשּׁוֹתֶה מַיִם לִצְמָאוֹ, אוֹמֵר: ״שֶׁהַכֹּל נִהְיָה בִּדְבָרוֹ״. רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן אוֹמֵר: ״בּוֹרֵא נְפָשׁוֹת רַבּוֹת וְחֶסְרוֹנָן עַל כָּל מַה שֶּׁבָּרָאתָ״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב חָנָן לְאַבָּיֵי: הִלְכְתָא מַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: פּוֹק חֲזִי מַאי עַמָּא דָבַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes that **there are** those **who taught** that **this** answer was given **with regard to this** discussion: **One who drinks water** to quench **his thirst recites** the following blessing prior to drinking: **By Whose word all things came to be. Rabbi Tarfon** disagrees and **says** he recites the blessing: **Who creates the many forms of life and their needs, for all that You have created. Rav Ḥanan said to Abaye: What is the *halakha*? He said to him: Go out** and observe **what the people are doing;** the customary practice is to say: By Whose word all things came to be.