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הַמְטַהֵר יֵינוֹ שֶׁל נָכְרִי וְנוֹתְנוֹ בִרְשׁוּתוֹ בְּבַיִת הַפָּתוּחַ לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, בְּעִיר שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ גּוֹיִם וְיִשְׂרְאֵלִים, מֻתָּר. בְּעִיר שֶׁכֻּלָּהּ גּוֹיִם, אָסוּר, עַד שֶׁיּוֹשִׁיב שׁוֹמֵר. וְאֵין הַשּׁוֹמֵר צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת יוֹשֵׁב וּמְשַׁמֵּר. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא יוֹצֵא וְנִכְנָס, מֻתָּר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר, כָּל רְשׁוּת גּוֹיִם אַחַת הִיא:

One [a Jew] who trod the grapes of a gentile in kashruth [in order to sell it to a Jew (not giving money to the gentile until he sells it in the future)], and who placed it in his [the gentile's] domain, in a house open to the public domain — In a city where there are gentiles and Jews, it is permitted, [the gentile fearing that a Jew passing through the public domain might see him (touching the wine) and cause him a loss. Even without key or seal, it is permitted. This, on condition that he (the gentile) has no lien on this wine, as when he (the gentile) wrote to him (the Jew) "I have received from you (money for the wine," as stated below (Mishnah 12)]. In a city where there are only gentiles, it is forbidden, unless he places a watchman there. And the watchman need not sit there and keep (constant) watch; but even though he goes out and comes in, it is permitted. R. Shimon says: "All "in the domain of a gentile" is one. [There is a disagreement here between R. Shimon b. Elazar and the first tanna. The first tanna holds that when the Jew places the wine in the domain of a gentile, the owner of the wine — it is only then that the house need be open to the public domain, and that the city be one of both Jews and gentiles. But in the domain of a different gentile, who is not the owner — it is permitted even in a city where there are no Jews. And R. Shimon b. Elazar says: All "in the domain of a gentile" is one, and just as when the wine is in the domain of the gentile owner of the wine, it is forbidden unless it be in a city where both Jews and gentiles live and where the house is open to the public domain; here, too, in the domain of a different gentile, these two conditions are required. (The halachah is in accordance with R. Shimon b. Elazar.) And when key and seal are in the hand of the Jew, both in the domain of the owner of the wine or in that of a different gentile, it is permitted according to all.]

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