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Eruvin1: 5
הָיְתָה שֶׁל קַשׁ וְשֶׁל קָנִים, רוֹאִין אוֹתָהּ כְּאִלּוּ הִיא שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת; עֲקֻמָּה, רוֹאִין אוֹתָהּ כְּאִלּוּ הִיא פְשׁוּטָה; עֲגֻלָּה, רוֹאִין אוֹתָהּ כְּאִלּוּ הִיא מְרֻבַּעַת.
כֹּל שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּהֶקֵּפוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים, יֵשׁ בּוֹ רֹחַב טֶפַח.
If it was [made] of straw or of reeds, we view it as if it were [made] of metal; bent, we view it as if it were straight; rounded, we view it as if it were squared.
Anything which has a circumference of three fists has a diameter of one fist.
Eruvin1: 6
לְחָיַיִן שֶׁאָמְרוּ — גָּבְהָן עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, וְרָחְבָּן וְעָבְיָן כָּל שֶׁהוּא. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: רָחְבָּן שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים.
The poles of which they spoke — their height is ten fists, while their width and thickness are any size. R’ Yose says: Their width is three fists.
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