Talmud Yerushalmi
Yerushalmi Eruvin 4:2 ירושלמי עירובין ד׳:ב׳
Part of: Chapter 4
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משנה: פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא נִכְנְסוּ לַנִּמֵל עַד שֶׁחָשֵׁיכָה אָמְרוּ לוֹ לְרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מָה אָנוּ לֵירֵד אָמַר לָהֶן מוּתָּר שֶׁכְּבָר הָיִיתִי מִסְתַּכֵּל וְהָיִינוּ בְתוֹךְ הַתְּחוּם עַד שֶׁלֹּא חָשֵׁיכָה:
MISHNAH: Once they only entered the port6This is Babli spelling. With the Halakhah one should read לִמֵן, Greek λιμήν. They arrived at the harbor Friday evening after nightfall. If they entered the Sabbath domain after nightfall, RR. Joshua and Aqiba would have to stay within their 4 cubits. For the problem of Rabban Gamliel and R. Eleazar ben Azariah see the Halakhah (Notes 57–59). after nightfall. They asked Rabban Gamliel, may we descend? He told them it is permitted since I already was observing and we were inside the Sabbath domain before nightfall.
MISHNAH: Once they only entered the port6This is Babli spelling. With the Halakhah one should read לִמֵן, Greek λιμήν. They arrived at the harbor Friday evening after nightfall. If they entered the Sabbath domain after nightfall, RR. Joshua and Aqiba would have to stay within their 4 cubits. For the problem of Rabban Gamliel and R. Eleazar ben Azariah see the Halakhah (Notes 57–59). after nightfall. They asked Rabban Gamliel, may we descend? He told them it is permitted since I already was observing and we were inside the Sabbath domain before nightfall.
הלכה: פיס׳. פַּעַם אַחַת לֹא נִכְנְסוּ לַלִּמֵן כוּל׳. מְצוּדוֹת הָיוּ לוֹ לְרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל שֶׁהָיָה מְשַׁעֵיר בָּהּ עֵינָיו בַּמֵּישָׁר. וְלָמָּה לִי עַד שֶׁלֹּא חָשֵׁיכָה. וַאֲפִילּוּ מִשֶּׁחֲשֵׁיכָה. וְלֹא רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הִיא. תִּיפְתָּר שֶׁהָיָה בַלִּמֵן יוֹתֵר מִבֵּית סְאָתַיִם. וְלֹא יִהְיוּ מְחִיצוֹת גְּבוֹהוֹת עֲשָׁרָה. וְלֹא יִהְיוּ פִרְצוֹת יוֹתֵר מֵעֶשֶׂר. ולֹא יְהֵא עוֹמֵד כְּנֶגֶד עוֹמֵד וּפָרוּץ כְּנֶגֶד פָּרוּץ.
HALAKHAH: Paragraph. “Once they only entered the port,” etc. Rabban Gamliel had a telescope56Instead of the text’s מצודית “citadels; traps” reading with R. Ḥananel (ad Babli 43b), Sefer Haˋitim (p. 54, Note 72), Raviah§386 (p. 417 Note 14), Or zarua II §6(2) (p. 12a; Note 51 there is incorrect), and a similar expression in Chapter 5 (Note 120): מְצוֹפִית “an instrument to see far”. In the Babli 43b שפופרת “a tube”. where he could estimate with his eyes in the plane. And why before nightfall? Even after nightfall; is this not Rabban Gamliel’s57Since the harbor is enclosed it should not be different from a sheep-pen where Rabban Gamliel permits to walk the entire domain.? Explain it if the port was larger than two bet se’ah58Then the enclosure does not define a domain for the Sabbath unless it was for human dwelling, which a harbor may not be., or the walls were not ten [hand-breadths] high59The minimum height for an enclosure, Mishnah 1:8. but were not open wider than ten [cubits] nor what was standing was opposite what was standing and what was breached opposite the breached60Cf. Chapter 1, Note 241..
HALAKHAH: Paragraph. “Once they only entered the port,” etc. Rabban Gamliel had a telescope56Instead of the text’s מצודית “citadels; traps” reading with R. Ḥananel (ad Babli 43b), Sefer Haˋitim (p. 54, Note 72), Raviah§386 (p. 417 Note 14), Or zarua II §6(2) (p. 12a; Note 51 there is incorrect), and a similar expression in Chapter 5 (Note 120): מְצוֹפִית “an instrument to see far”. In the Babli 43b שפופרת “a tube”. where he could estimate with his eyes in the plane. And why before nightfall? Even after nightfall; is this not Rabban Gamliel’s57Since the harbor is enclosed it should not be different from a sheep-pen where Rabban Gamliel permits to walk the entire domain.? Explain it if the port was larger than two bet se’ah58Then the enclosure does not define a domain for the Sabbath unless it was for human dwelling, which a harbor may not be., or the walls were not ten [hand-breadths] high59The minimum height for an enclosure, Mishnah 1:8. but were not open wider than ten [cubits] nor what was standing was opposite what was standing and what was breached opposite the breached60Cf. Chapter 1, Note 241..