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what he gains in distance through his eiruv on one side of the city he loses on the other side.
Talmud: It might enter your mind to say that when the Mishnah states that one was standing to the east, it means that he was standing to the east of his house and that he had instructed his son to establish an eiruv to the west of his house. Similarly, when it states that he was standing to the we
If so, the question arises: Granted, the Mishnah’s case where there is a distance of 2,000 cubits from his current location to his house, and the distance to his eiruv is greater than this, you can find, as it is possible that he can reach his house without traveling 2,000 cubits and he cannot reac
R' Yitzḥak said: Do you think that to the east means that he was standing to the east of his house, and to the west means that he was standing to the west of his house? No, to the east means to the east of his son, who is depositing his eiruv for him, and to the west means to the west of his son.
Rava bar Rav Sheila said: Even if you say that to the east means to the east of his house and to the west means to the west of his house, the Mishnah can be understood as referring to a case where his house stood along a diagonal line in relation to the person and his eiruv. In that case, although