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The Rambam · Sefer Zemanim

הלכות עירובין ח׳Eruvin 8

Chapter 8 of 8 in Eruvin — 15 halachot

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Halacha 1א׳

אֵין מַנִּיחִין שְׁנֵי עֵרוּבִין אֶחָד בַּמִּזְרָח וְאֶחָד בַּמַּעֲרָב כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהַלֵּךְ בְּמִקְצָת הַיּוֹם עַל אֶחָד מִשְׁנִי הָעֵרוּבִין וּבִשְׁאָר הַיּוֹם עַל הָעֵרוּב הַשֵּׁנִי. שֶׁאֵין מְעָרְבִין שְׁנֵי עֵרוּבִין לְיוֹם אֶחָד. טָעָה וְעֵרֵב לִשְׁתֵּי רוּחוֹת כִּמְדֻמֶּה הוּא שֶׁמְּעָרְבִין לִשְׁתֵּי רוּחוֹת. אוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לִשְׁנַיִם צְאוּ וְעָרְבוּ עָלַי אֶחָד עֵרֵב עָלָיו לַצָּפוֹן וְאֶחָד עֵרֵב עָלָיו לַדָּרוֹם מְהַלֵּךְ כְּרַגְלֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם:

One may not set down two eruvin, one to the east and one to the west, so as to walk for part of the day by one of the two eruvin and for the rest of the day by the second eruv, for one does not make two eruvin for a single day. If he erred and made an eruv in two directions, supposing that one may make an eruv in two directions; or if he said to two men, "Go out and make an eruv for me," and one made an eruv for him to the north and one made an eruv for him to the south — he walks according to the feet of both of them.

Halacha 2ב׳

כֵּיצַד מְהַלֵּךְ כְּרַגְלֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם. שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַלֵּךְ אֶלָּא בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִשְׁנֵיהֶם לְהַלֵּךְ בּוֹ. נָתַן הָאֶחָד עֵרוּב בְּרִחוּק אֶלֶף אַמָּה לְרוּחַ מִזְרָח וְהִנִּיחַ הַשֵּׁנִי מֵהֶן עֵרוּבוֹ בְּרִחוּק חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה לְרוּחַ מַעֲרָב. אֵין זֶה שֶׁעֵרְבוּ עָלָיו מְהַלֵּךְ בַּמַּעֲרָב אֶלָּא אֶלֶף אַמָּה כְּרַגְלֵי מִי שֶׁעֵרֵב עָלָיו בַּמִּזְרָח. וְלֹא יְהַלֵּךְ בַּמִּזְרָח אֶלָּא אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה כְּרַגְלֵי מִי שֶׁעֵרֵב עָלָיו בַּמַּעֲרָב. לְפִיכָךְ אִם עֵרֵב אוֹ עֵרְבוּ עָלָיו שְׁנֵי עֵרוּבִין אֵלּוּ אֶחָד בְּרִחוּק אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה לַמִּזְרָח וְאֶחָד בְּרִחוּק אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה לַמַּעֲרָב הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא יָזוּז מִמְּקוֹמוֹ:

How does he walk according to the feet of both of them? That he may walk only in a place where both of them may walk. If one of them set down the eruv at a distance of a thousand cubits to the east, and the second set down his eruv at a distance of five hundred cubits to the west — the one for whom they made the eruv may walk to the west only a thousand cubits, according to the feet of the one who made the eruv for him to the east; and he may walk to the east only a thousand five hundred cubits, according to the feet of the one who made the eruv for him to the west. Therefore, if he made these two eruvin, or they were made for him, one at a distance of two thousand cubits to the east and one at a distance of two thousand cubits to the west — he may not stir from his place.

Halacha 3ג׳

מְעָרֵב אָדָם שְׁנֵי עֵרוּבִין בִּשְׁתֵּי רוּחוֹת וּמַתְנֶה וְאוֹמֵר אִם אֵרַע לִי דְּבַר מִצְוָה אוֹ נִלְחַצְתִּי לְמָחָר וְנִצְרַכְתִּי לְרוּחַ זוֹ זֶה הָעֵרוּב הוּא שֶׁאֲנִי סוֹמֵךְ עָלָיו וְהָעֵרוּב שֶׁבָּרוּחַ הַשֵּׁנִית אֵינוֹ כְּלוּם. וְאִם נִצְרַכְתִּי לְרוּחַ זוֹ הַשֵּׁנִית זֶה הָעֵרוּב הוּא שֶׁאֲנִי סוֹמֵךְ עָלָיו וְשֶׁבָּרוּחַ הָרִאשׁוֹנָה אֵינוֹ כְּלוּם. וְאִם נִצְרַכְתִּי לִשְׁתֵּי הָרוּחוֹת יֵשׁ לִי לִסְמֹךְ עַל אֵיזֶה עֵרוּב שֶׁאֶרְצֶה וּלְאֵיזֶה שֶׁאֶרְצֶה אֵלֵךְ. וְאִם לֹא אֵרַע לִי דָּבָר וְלֹא נִצְרַכְתִּי לְרוּחַ מֵהֶן אֵין שְׁנֵי הָעֵרוּבִין הָאֵלּוּ עֵרוּב וְאֵינִי סוֹמֵךְ עַל אֶחָד מֵהֶן אֶלָּא הֲרֵינִי כִּבְנֵי עִירִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה לְכָל רוּחַ מִחוּץ לַחוֹמָה:

A man may make two eruvin in two directions and lay down a condition, saying: "If some matter of a commandment should befall me, or I should be pressed tomorrow and need this direction, this is the eruv upon which I rely, and the eruv in the second direction is nothing. And if I need this second direction, this is the eruv upon which I rely, and the one in the first direction is nothing. And if I need both directions, I may rely upon whichever eruv I wish, and to whichever I wish I shall go. And if nothing befalls me and I need neither of the directions, these two eruvin are no eruv, and I rely upon neither of them; rather I am as the people of my city, who have two thousand cubits in every direction outside the wall."

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