## Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa

###### Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Tisa 25:1
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‎**וַיְדַבֵּר** ה' וְגוֹ'. זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב: כִּי אַעֲלֶה אֲרֻכָה לָךְ וְגוֹ' (ירמיה ל, יז). יְלַמְּדֵנוּ רַבֵנוּ, הַשּׁוֹלֵחַ עֵרוּבוֹ בְּיַד חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן, מַה הוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא עֵרוּבוֹ עֵרוּב. כָּךְ שָׁנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, הַשּׁוֹלֵחַ עֵרוּבוֹ בְּיַד חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן, אֵין עֵרוּבוֹ עֵרוּב. בּוּשָׁה לְאָדָם שֶׁהוּא מְשַׁלֵּחַ שׁוֹטֶה בִּשְׁלִיחוּתוֹ אֵצֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ, עָלָיו נֶאֱמַר: מְקַצֶּה רַגְלַיִם חָמָס שֹׁתֶה, שֹׁלֵחַ דְּבָרִים בְּיַד כְּסִיל (משלי כו, ו).

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
**And the Lord spoke unto Moses: “Go, get thee down” (Exod. 32:7).** May our masters teach us: If a person sends his *eruv*³⁴ (“mixing”), various private domains are amalgamated so as to permit certain activities, such as carrying, that are prohibited on the Sabbath and the festivals. by means of a deaf mute, a fool, or a child, is his *eruv* considered a legal one? Thus do our masters teach us: If one sends his *eruv* by means of a deaf mute, a fool, or a child, his *eruv* is not a legal one. Shame upon the man who sends a fool as his messenger to the King, as it is said: *He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet and drinketh damage* (Prov. 26:6).

footnotes:
³⁴ Through the legal procedure known as eruv