Five groups dwelling in one traklin [a mansion, divided into five sections, each with an entrance to the courtyard and requiring an eruv with those sharing the courtyard ] — Beth Shammai say: An eruv (is required) for each group. [The domains are divided and each group must provide a loaf for the eruv of the courtyard.] Beth Hillel say: One eruv (suffices) for all. [This partitioning does not constitute separation of domains.] And they concede that when some of them dwell in rooms or upper chambers a separate eruv is required for each group. [When the traklin is divided by high partitions reaching to the ceiling, all agree that this constitutes separation of domains, it being the equivalent of dwelling in rooms or upper chambers. They differ when it is divided by low partitions not reaching the ceiling. Beth Shammai hold that such a partition effects separation of domain, and Beth Hillel, that it does not.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
בטרקלין – a large and wide house, the seat of kings and they divided it to five [rooms] and all of them has an doorway from the reception room to the courtyard and they need to make an Eruv with the other members of the courtyard.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
Introduction
This mishnah deals with a situation where five different companies of men are spending Shabbat in one hall within a courtyard. The question is whether each company must contribute separately to the courtyard’s eruv set, or whether it is sufficient for all of the five companies to make one joint contribution to the eruv.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
בית שמאי אומרים – their domains are divided and each group/party needs to place bread for the Eruv of the courtyard.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
Five companies [of men] who spent Shabbat in one hall:: Bet Shammai says: an eruv for each an every company; But Bet Hillel says: one eruv for them all. According to Bet Shammai, since each of the five groups is distinct from the other, they must each set up their own eruv. Bet Hillel holds that since they are residing in the same hall, they can be treated as one entity and they may make one joint contribution to the eruv.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
ב"ה אומרים – this partition does not [provide] the division of domains. But at the time when they divided the reception room into large partitions that reach the ceiling, no one disagrees that this is a division of domains because they are living in rooms or in attics But they do disagree when divided into low partitions that do not reach the ceiling, as the School of Shammai holds that a partition such as this divides the domain and the School of Hillel holds that there is no division of domains.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
They agree that where some of them occupy rooms or upper chambers, that they must make an eruv for each and every company. If the hall leads to other rooms or to upper chambers and some members of the various groups are in these other areas, each company must make a separate contribution to the eruv. Even though all of these areas are connected to the main hall, the hall is not sufficient to make it as if they were all in the same house. The Yerushalmi explains that the hall is to the rooms as a courtyard is to houses: just as every house connected to the courtyard must contribute to the eruv, so too every company in the hall must contribute.
