Study Eruvin folio 57A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Subtract 4 1,000,000 square cubits of the extended boundary for the area of the open space, which is 1,000 cubits by 1,000 cubits on each side, and an additional 4 1,000,000 square cubits from the corners, 1,000 cubits by 1,000 cubits in each corner, which are connected to the open space. How much
The Talmud asks: According to this calculation, the 8,000,000 square cubits of open space are 1/3rd of the total area of the extended boundary, which is 24,000,000 square cubits. The Talmud answers as it answered above: Do you think that this halakha was stated with regard to a square city? It was s
Ravina said: What is the meaning of the statement that the open space is 1/4th? It is 1/4th of the boundary. This halakha was indeed stated with regard to a square city. However, there is open space only along the sides of the city but not at its corners. Accordingly, a city that is 2,000 cubits b
Rav Ashi said the opposite: What is the meaning of the statement that the open space is 1/4th of the total extended boundary? 1/4th of the corners. Open space is granted only in the corners, and not along the sides. Accordingly, the open space is 1,000 cubits by 1,000 cubits in each corner, for a t
Ravina said to Rav Ashi: Isn’t it written in the verse: “And the open spaces of the cities, that you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward 1,000 cubits around” (Numbers 35:4)? The verse indicates that the city is provided with open space on all sides and not merel