Eruvin 73A

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The place where he eats his bread, and Shmuel said: His place of sleep.

The Talmud raises an objection to Rav’s opinion from a baraita: With regard to shepherds; fig watchmen, who guard figs spread out in the field; guardsmen who sit in small guardhouses; and produce watchmen; when they customarily sleep in the city in addition to eating there, they are like the reside

The Talmud answers: There, in the case of the people in the field, we are witnesses, i.e., it is clearly evident, that if people would bring them bread there, to the place where they sleep, it would be more convenient for them. Fundamentally, however, a person’s dwelling place is determined by w

Rav Yosef said: I have not heard this halakha stated by Rav. An illness had caused Rav Yosef to forget his studies. His student, Abaye, said to him: You yourself said it to us, and it was with regard to this that you said it to us: With regard to brothers who were eating at their father’s table and

A baraita states: With regard to one who has 5 wives who receive a portion from their husband while each living in her own quarters in the courtyard, and 5 slaves who receive a portion from their master while living in their own lodgings in the courtyard, R' Yehuda ben Beteira permits in the case of