Commentary for Eruvin 7:8
כַּמָּה הוּא שִׁעוּרוֹ. בִּזְמַן שֶׁהֵן מְרֻבִּין, מְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעוּדוֹת לְכֻלָּם. בִּזְמַן שֶׁהֵן מֻעָטִין, כִּגְרוֹגֶרֶת לְהוֹצָאַת שַׁבָּת לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד:
How much is the (required) amount (of the eruv)? When they are many, [eighteen men or more] — enough food for two meals for all. When they are few, [fewer than eighteen] — the size of a dried fig, [the amount for liability] for carrying out on Shabbath for each one. [For one who carries out food on Shabbath is not liable for less than that amount.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
מרובין – eighteen people or more.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
Introduction
This mishnah introduces how much food must be set aside for both courtyard eruvin and alley partnership.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
מועטין – less than eighteen [people].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
What is the quantity required?
When the residents are many there should be food sufficient for two meals for all of them; According to the Talmud, “many” means that there are more than 18 residents in the courtyard or alley. In such a case they need leave enough food for two meals (this will be more fully explained in 8:2). Even if there are a thousand residents, two meals is sufficient to count as an eruv for all of them.
When the residents are many there should be food sufficient for two meals for all of them; According to the Talmud, “many” means that there are more than 18 residents in the courtyard or alley. In such a case they need leave enough food for two meals (this will be more fully explained in 8:2). Even if there are a thousand residents, two meals is sufficient to count as an eruv for all of them.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
מזון שתי סעודות – which are eighteen dried figs.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
And when they are few there should be food of the size of a dried fig for each one. If there are fewer residents, then there has to be food the size of a dried fig for each one. If “fewer residents” means that there are less than 18 residents, it means that there the eruv “18 dried figs”. According to the Talmud, two meals must be more than 18 dried figs meaning the size of the eruv for courtyards with many residents will always be greater than that for few residents.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
להוצאת שבת – the quantity of removal on Shabbat. For the person who removes food on Shabbat is not liable with less than the equivalent of a dried fig (see Tractate Shabbat, Chapter 7, Mishnah 4).
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