51Eiruvin 7/7-10

(ז) נתמעט האוכל - מוסיף ומזכה, ואין צריך להודיע. נתוספו עליהם - מוסיף ומזכה, וצריך להודיע.

(ח) כמה הוא שעורו, בזמן שהן מרבין - מזון שתי סעודות לכלם. בזמן שהן מעטין - כגרוגרת, להוצאת שבת, לכל אחד ואחד.

(ט) אמר רבי יוסי: במה דברים אמורים, בתחלת ערוב, אבל בשירי ערוב, כל שהוא. ולא אמרו לערב בחצרות אלא כדי שלא לשכח את התינוקות.

(י) בכל מערבין ומשתתפין, חוץ מן המים ומן המלח, דברי רבי אליעזר. רבי יהושע אומר: ככר הוא ערוב. אפלו מאפה סאה והיא פרוסה, אין מערבין בה. ככר באסר והוא שלם, מערבין בו.

(7) If the [quantity of] food [required for the shituf] becomes lessened, he may [himself] add [to it], and give [the other residents] rights [to this addition], and he need not inform [them]; if [new residents of the courtyard] were added to [the previous ones], he may [himself] add [sufficient food to make up the quantity required], and give them rights [to this addition], and he must inform [them].

(8) How much is [the] required quantity [of food to make a shituf]? When they [the residents] are numerous, nourishment [that is sufficient] for [one person eating] two meals [is sufficient] for all of them; when they are few, the size of a dried fig - [which is also the quantity of food prohibited] to carry out on Shabbat - for each and every one of them.

(9) Rabbi Yose said, "To what does this [preceding law] apply? To the beginning of the eruv [when it is first made]; but to remnants of the eruv [later when some of it has been lessened], any quantity [is sufficient]." And the Rabbis did not say to make an eruv for [several] courtyards [where it is already subsumed by a shituf], except so that the children not forget [the concept of an eruv].

(10) We may use all [food and drink] to make an eruv or a shituf, except for water and except for salt - these are the words of Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yehoshua says, "[Nothing but] a [whole] loaf of bread is [considered an] eruv. Even if one bakes a [whole] se'ah [a specific unit of volume of flour] but it is a portion [and not a whole loaf], we may not make an eruv with it; [whereas] a [small] loaf made from [flour bought with] an issar [a specific unit of money], and it is whole, we may make an eruv with it."