## Eruvin Daf 68a

###### Eruvin 68a:1
[Eruvin 68a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Eruvin/r/68a:1)

מָה הַזָּאָה שְׁבוּת, וְאֵינָהּ דּוֹחָה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת. אַף אֲמִירָה לְגוֹי שְׁבוּת, וְאֵינָהּ דּוֹחָה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Just as sprinkling** the water of purification is prohibited by **rabbinic decree and does not override Shabbat,** even for the purpose of a mitzva, **so too, telling a gentile** to perform a prohibited labor Shabbat is prohibited by **rabbinic decree and does not override Shabbat.** How, then, could Rabba suggest that they instruct a gentile and thus transgress a rabbinic decree?


###### Eruvin 68a:2
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְלָא שָׁנֵי לָךְ בֵּין שְׁבוּת דְּאִית בֵּיהּ מַעֲשֶׂה לִשְׁבוּת דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ מַעֲשֶׂה? דְּהָא מָר לָא אֲמַר לְגוֹי: זִיל אַחֵים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Yosef **said to him: But do you not differentiate between a rabbinic decree that involves an action and a rabbinic decree that does not involve an action? As the Master,** Rabba, **did not say to the gentile: Go and heat** water on Shabbat, but only told him to transfer something from one domain to another, which does not involve an action and is therefore less severe.


###### Eruvin 68a:3
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבָּה בַּר רַב חָנָן לְאַבָּיֵי: מְבוֹאָה דְּאִית בֵּיהּ תְּרֵי גַּבְרֵי רַבְרְבֵי כְּרַבָּנַן, לָא לֶיהֱוֵי בֵּיהּ לָא עֵירוּב וְלֹא שִׁיתּוּף?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי נַעֲבֵיד? מָר, לָאו אוֹרְחֵיהּ. אֲנָא, טְרִידְנָא בְּגִירְסַאי. אִינְהוּ, לָא מַשְׁגְּחִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Upon hearing of this incident and the ensuing discussion, **Rabba bar Rav Ḥanan said to Abaye:** In **an alleyway that contains two such great people as the Sages** Rabba and Abaye, is it possible that **there could be neither an *eiruv* nor a merging** of alleyways? Abaye **said to him: What should we do?** As for **the Master,** Rabba, it **is not his manner** to go and collect for the *eiruv* from all the residents of the alleyway. As for **myself, I am busy with my studies** and do not have time to take care of this issue. And **they,** the other residents of the alleyway, **do not attend to** such matters.


###### Eruvin 68a:4
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וְאִי אַקְנִי לְהוּ פִּיתָּא בְּסַלָּא — כֵּיוָן דְּאִי בָּעוּ לַהּ מִינַּאי וְלָא אֶפְשָׁר לִיתְּבַהּ נִהֲלַיְיהוּ, בָּטֵיל שִׁיתּוּף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if I were to transfer to** the residents of the alleyway a share of the **bread in** my **basket,** so as to allow them to join a merging of alleyways, **since if they would want** to take it **from me it would be impossible** for me **to give it to them** because I am poor and need the small amount of bread that I can afford for myself, the **merging** of alleyways would therefore **be invalid.**


###### Eruvin 68a:5
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דְּתַנְיָא: אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי מָבוֹי שֶׁבִּיקֵּשׁ יַיִן וָשֶׁמֶן, וְלֹא נָתְנוּ לוֹ — בָּטֵל הַשִּׁתּוּף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it was taught** in a *baraita*: If **one of the residents of an alleyway requested wine or oil** from the merging of alleyways, **and they did not give him** any, **the merging** of alleyways **is invalid.** This is because it has become evident that he is not considered a true partner in it.


###### Eruvin 68a:6
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וְנַקְנֵי לְהוּ מָר רְבִיעֲתָא דְחַלָּא בְּחָבִיתָא. תַּנְיָא, אֵין מִשְׁתַּתְּפִין בָּאוֹצָר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabba bar Rav Ḥanin further asked: **But let the Master transfer to them a quarter-***log* **of vinegar in** one of his **barrels;** certainly even Abaye could afford to provide such a small amount of vinegar for the rest of the residents. Abaye replied: **It was taught** in a *baraita*: **One may not use** food in a **storeroom for a merging** of alleyways, as it is not clear which specific portion of the food is being set aside for that purpose. The same *halakha* would apply to an unspecified quarter-*log* of vinegar in a barrel.


###### Eruvin 68a:7
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וְהָא תַּנְיָא מִשְׁתַּתְּפִין! אָמַר רַב אוֹשַׁעְיָא: לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָא — בֵּית שַׁמַּאי, הָא — בֵּית הִלֵּל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabba bar Rav Ḥanin raised a difficulty. **Wasn’t it taught** in a different *baraita*: **One may use** stored food **for a merging** of alleyways? **Rav Oshaya said:** This is **not difficult. This** source, the *baraita* that states that one may not use stored food for a merging of alleyways, is in accordance with the opinion of **Beit Shammai.** And **that** source, the *baraita* that states that it is permitted to do so, is in accordance with the opinion of **Beit Hillel.** Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagree about whether or not to apply the principle of retroactive clarification.


###### Eruvin 68a:8
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דִּתְנַן: הַמֵּת בַּבַּיִת, וְלוֹ פְּתָחִים הַרְבֵּה — כּוּלָּן טְמֵאִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As we learned** in a mishna: If **a corpse is in a house,** and the house **has many entrances, they are all ritually impure.** It is currently unknown through which entrance the corpse will be removed from the house, and any of the entrances might be used for this purpose. Therefore, they all contract impurity imparted by a corpse in a tent as though the corpse had already passed through each of them.


###### Eruvin 68a:9
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נִפְתַּח אֶחָד מֵהֶן — הוּא טָמֵא, וְכוּלָּן טְהוֹרִין. חִישֵּׁב לְהוֹצִיאוֹ בְּאֶחָד מֵהֶן, אוֹ בַּחַלּוֹן שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ אַרְבָּעָה עַל אַרְבָּעָה — מַצִּיל עַל כׇּל הַפְּתָחִים כּוּלָּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
However, **if** only **one of them was open, that** particular entrance **is ritually impure,** as the corpse will certainly be removed through it, **while all of the others are ritually pure.** If **one decided** from the outset **to remove** the corpse **through one of** the entrances, **or through a window that is four by four** handbreadths in size, **it saves all of the** other **entrances** from contracting impurity.


###### Eruvin 68a:10
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בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים: וְהוּא שֶׁחִישֵּׁב עַד שֶׁלֹּא יָמוּת הַמֵּת. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים: אַף מִשֶּׁיָּמוּת הַמֵּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Beit Shammai say: This** applies only **if he had decided** on an entrance **before the person died,** so that the entrance through which his body would be removed was already determined at the time of death. **But Beit Hillel say:** This applies **even** if he decided the matter only **after the person had died,** as the principle of retroactive selection is invoked and the entrance through which the deceased will be removed has been retroactively established. The same dispute applies to a merging of alleyways with an unspecified portion of stored food, and it revolves around whether it can be retroactively established that a specific portion had been set aside for the merging of alleyways.


###### Eruvin 68a:11
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הָהוּא יָנוֹקָא דְּאִישְׁתְּפוּךְ חַמִּימֵיהּ, אֲמַר לְהוּ רָבָא: נִישַׁיְּילַהּ לְאִימֵּיהּ אִי צְרִיכָא — נַחֵים לֵיהּ גּוֹי אַגַּב אִימֵּיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates another story about **a certain baby whose warm water,** which had been prepared for his Shabbat circumcision, **spilled. Rava said to** those who had brought the matter to his attention: **Let us ask the** baby’s **mother. If** the warm water is **necessary** for her health, **let a gentile heat** water **for** the baby **indirectly, through his mother.** In other words, the water may be heated for the mother, as a woman after childbirth is regarded as being in a life-threatening situation.


###### Eruvin 68a:12
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא לְרָבָא: אִימֵּיהּ קָא אָכְלָה תַּמְרֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֵימוֹר, תּוּנְבָּא בְּעָלְמָא הוּא דְּנָקֵט לַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Mesharshiya said to Rava:** The baby’s **mother** is healthy enough that **she is eating dates.** Certainly her condition is not precarious enough to necessitate the heating of water. Rava **said to him:** It is possible to **say** that **it was merely a ravenous hunger that had seized her,** and she is unaware of what she is eating, but in fact she is still dangerously ill.


###### Eruvin 68a:13
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הָהוּא יָנוֹקָא דְּאִישְׁתְּפוּךְ חַמִּימֵיהּ, אֲמַר לְהוּ רָבָא: פַּנּוּ לִי מָאנֵי מִבֵּי גַבְרֵי לְבֵי נְשֵׁי, וְאֵיזִיל וְאִיתֵּיב הָתָם וְאֶיבַטֵּיל לְהוּ הָא חָצֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates yet another similar incident: There was once **a certain baby whose warm water,** which had been prepared for his Shabbat circumcision, **spilled. Rava,** who had water in his courtyard but had not established a joint *eiruv* with the adjacent courtyard where the baby was located, **said to** those who asked him about the matter: **Clear away my belongings from the men’s chamber,** which opens directly into my courtyard, **to the** inner **women’s chamber,** which does not. Rava was concerned that he would come to carry his belongings into the courtyard, which would be prohibited once he had renounced his rights to it. **And I will go and sit there,** in the women’s chamber, **and I will renounce** my rights to **this courtyard in favor of** the residents of the baby’s courtyard, so that they will be able to transfer the warm water from one courtyard to the other.


###### Eruvin 68a:14
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרָבָא, וְהָאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: אֵין בִּיטּוּל רְשׁוּת מֵחָצֵר לְחָצֵר?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא כְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן סְבִירָא לִי, דְּאָמַר: יֵשׁ בִּיטּוּל מֵחָצֵר לְחָצֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said to Rava: Didn’t Shmuel say: There is no renunciation of rights from one courtyard to another.** How, then, can you renounce your rights to your courtyard in this manner? Rava **said to him: I hold in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yoḥanan, who said: There is renouncing of rights from one courtyard to another.**


###### Eruvin 68a:15
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וְאִי לָא סָבַר לַהּ מָר כִּשְׁמוּאֵל

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Ravina then asked Rava: **But if the Master does not hold in accordance with** the opinion of **Shmuel,**