Translation:Mishnah/Seder Moed/Tractate Eruvin/Chapter 6

Eruvin 6:1 One who lives together with a gentile in a single courtyard, or with one who does not accept the laws of eruv, that person places a restriction upon him – these are the words of R’ Meir. R’ Eliezer ben Yaakov says: He never restricts, unless there are two Jews restricting each other. Eruvin 6:2 Rabban Gamliel said: ‘It once happened that a Sadducee lived with us in an alley in Jerusalem, and father told us, “Hurry and carry out all your utensils into the alley before he carries out and restricts you.”’ R’ Yehuda related this in different terms: ‘Hurry and attend to your needs in the alley before it passes and he restricts you.’ Eruvin 6:3 The residents of a courtyard, one of whom forgot to participate in the eruv, his house is restricted with regard to carrying in and carrying out, to him and to them; but theirs are permitted to him and to them. If they ceded their rights to him, he is permitted, but they are restricted. If there were two, they restrict each other; because an individual can cede rights and acquire rights, two can cede rights but cannot acquire rights. Eruvin 6:4 When may rights be ceded? Beis Shammai say: While it is yet day. But Beis Hillel say: When it is dark. One who ceded his rights then carried out, whether unintentionally or deliberately, restricts – these are the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehuda says: Deliberately, he restricts; unintentionally, he does not restrict. Eruvin 6:5 If a houseowner was a partner with neighbors, with this one in wine and with that one in wine, they need not make an eruv; with this one in wine and with that one in oil, they must make an eruv. R’ Shimon says: In either case they need not make an eruv. Eruvin 6:6 If five groups spent the Sabbath in one mansion – Beis Shammai say: an eruv for each group. But Beis Hillel say: one eruv for all of them. They agree, however, that when some of them are quartered in rooms or upper stories, they need an eruv for each group. Eruvin 6:7 Brother or partners who eat at their father’s table, but who sleep in their own homes, need an eruv for each one. Therefore, if one of them forgot to contribute to the eruv, he must nullify his rights. When is this so? When they bring their eruv to another place; but if the eruv was brought to them, or there are no other residents in the courtyard, they need not contribute to the eruv. Eruvin 6:8 Five courtyards which open one into the other and into an alley – if they made an eruv in the courtyards but did not make a shituf in the alley, they are permitted in the courtyard but prohibited in the alley; if there did a make shituf in the alley, they are permitted here and there. If they made an eruv for the courtyards and a shituf for the alley, but one of the residents of the courtyard forgot to contribute to the eruv, they are permitted here and there; if one of the residents of the alley did participate in the shituf, they are permitted in the courtyards, but are prohibited in the alley; for an alley is to the courtyards as a courtyard is to the houses. Eruvin 6:9 Two courtyards one behind the other – if the inner made an eruv but the outer did not, the inner is permitted while the outer is prohibited; the outer, but not the inner, both are prohibited; each courtyard made its own eruv, then each is individually permitted. R’ Akiva prohibits the outer because the right of passage restricts it. But the Sages say: The right of passage doesn’t restrict it. Eruvin 6:10 If one resident of the outer forgot to contribute to the eruv, the inner is permitted while the outer is prohibited. If one from the inner forgot, both are prohibited. If they placed their eruv in one place, and one resident of either the inner or the outer forgot to contribute to the eruv, both are prohibited. But if they were inhabited by individuals, they need not make an eruv.