12TH CYCLE DEDICATIONS:
 
ERUVIN 33 (5 Cheshvan) - Dedicated in honor of the first Yahrzeit of Reb Naftali ben Reb Menachem Bodner ZT"L, an Ish Chesed and Ish Ma'aseh whose Simcha and Ahavas Yisrael knew no bounds. Dedicated by his son Mordechai and family, of Givat Mordechai, Yerushalayim.

[33a - 18 lines; 33b - 21 lines]

1)[line 1]עיקרוIKARO- [at the base of] its trunk

2)[line 2]הדר זקיףHADAR ZAKIF- it (the branch of the tree) afterwards goes straight up

3)[line 2]מייתי לה דרך עליוMAISI LAH DERECH ALAV- he may climb up the tree to bring down the Eruv

4)[line 13]אהייא?A'HAYA?- with regard to which [part of the Beraisa did Chachamim make their statement]?

5)[line 14]צדדיןTZEDADIN- (lit. sides) one-step-removed use of a tree, such as the use of a basket that is hanging from a tree limb

6)[line 16]כי נתנו בכלכלה, מאי הוי?KI NASNO B'KALKALAH, MAI HEVI?- that is, even in the Kalkalah it is considered to be in a Reshus ha'Yachid. Since the Kalkalah is adjacent to Reshus ha'Yachid, it is called "Chorei Reshus ha'Yachid" and treated like Reshus ha'Yachid.

33b----------------------------------------33b

7)[line 2]חוקקין להשליםCHOKEKIN L'HASHLIM - Excavating to complete [a required measurement]

(a)Chokekin l'Hashlim is a Halachic device by which a small space may be judged to be larger if there is sufficient volume in the surrounding walls to provide the extra size.

(b)For example, the Gemara (Eruvin 11b) records an argument between Rebbi Meir and Chachamim as to whether we apply Chokekin l'Hashlim in a situation where an archway's opening is too small to require a Mezuzah (i.e., it is not four Tefachim wide for a height of ten Tefachim), but the walls surrounding the archway are thick. If they are thick enough that had they been excavated, the doorway could be made 4 Tefachim wide for a height of ten Tefachim, Rebbi Meir asserts that the doorway must have a Mezuzah.

(c)Chokekin l'Hashlim is only applied to part of an opening, not to the entire opening. For example, in the above situation Rebbi Meir applies Chokekin l'Hashlim only when the lower three Tefachim of the doorway are already four Tefachim wide, but before it reaches a height of ten Tefachim the doorway gets narrower. Chokekin can complete the doorway by making the top as if it, too, were four Tefachim wide, although it really is less than that.

8)[line 13]טרסקלTERASKAL- a basket

9)[line 15]הדרן מחיצתאHADRAN MECHITZASA- the extended walls of the basket (which reach from the bottom of the basket to the ground) encircle it (the pole)

10)[line 20]מחשיך עליוMACHSHICH ALAV- he (his Shali'ach) stays there with it until dark

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