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This teaching, that carrying objects from either of the outer courtyards into the middle courtyard is permitted, is also the statement of, i.e., in accordance with, the opinion of R' Shimon. But the Rabbis say: All 3 courtyards are prohibited, that is to say, carrying is prohibited from any of the
It was taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rav Yehuda, in accordance with the opinion of Shmuel. R' Shimon said: To what is this comparable? It is comparable to 3 courtyards that open into one another, and that also open into a public domain. If the two outer courtyards establishe
However, the Rabbis say: All 3 courtyards are prohibited. Since the residents of the outer courtyards are prohibited to carry from one outer courtyard to the other, this results in a place where carrying is prohibited, and such a place prohibits carrying in all 3 courtyards.
The Talmud notes that Shmuel follows his line of reasoning that he used elsewhere, as Shmuel said: With regard to a courtyard that is between two alleyways, if that courtyard established an eiruv with both alleyways, it is prohibited with both of them. Since the residents of the two alleyways are
If the courtyard did not establish an eiruv with either alleyway, it prohibits one to carry in both of them. Since the residents of the courtyard were accustomed to utilizing both alleyways and did not establish an eiruv with either alleyway, the result is that each alleyway has a courtyard that di