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and it has only one entrance, as it is surrounded by a wall or enclosed by houses on all sides, one may establish an eiruv for all of it.
The Talmud raises a question concerning this baraita: Who is the tanna who holds that an eiruv may be established for a public domain in this manner? Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said: It is R' Yehuda, as it was taught in a baraita: Furthermore, R' Yehuda said: One who has two houses opposite each
The Master said in the baraita quoted above: And one may not establish an eiruv for half the city. Rav Pappa said: They said this only in a case where one wishes to divide the city according to its length. Generally, a city had a public domain that ran straight across it, from the entrance on one s
The Talmud asks: In accordance with whose opinion is this halakha? It is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva. As, if it were in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva, didn’t he say that a foot that is permitted in its own place prohibits carrying even in a place that is not its own? R'
The Talmud rejects this argument: Even if you say it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva, R' Akiva stated his opinion there only in a case of two courtyards, one farther inside than the other, as the inner courtyard has no other entrance. Since the residents of the inner courtyard have no