[Avodah] Shabbos invite and using eruv

[Micha Berger]

Yerushalmi Eruvin 1:1 vilna daf 4a may be relevent. The Bavli has a
machloqes between Rav and Shemuel which the Y-mi says was also disputed
earlier between R' Yochanan and Reish Laqish. What to do when you have
two courtyards that connect in an L -- how far does the shituf on one
arm of the L extend into the corner, and what does that mean for how to
close it off.

Well, at R' Meir's shuq the case actually came up. They made an eiruv
al pi Reish Laqish, and R' Yochanan would not carry there. However,
he invoked "tov sheyihu shogegin..." and did not correct anyone else.

(BTW, Reish Laqish forced his rebbe to carry, as according to R' Meir
R' Yochanan's stretch of baalus would otherwise invalidate the shituf.)

Notice that the Y-mi does not assume R' Yochanan can simply allow others
to follow a shitah you feel is wrong. Here there was a special case --
he assumed they would carry anyway and tochachah wouldn't help.

It appears relevant to our discussion.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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