If the baker takes the money and purchases bread from the market on behalf of the payer, is the resulting eruv valid?
Synopsis
The Shulchan Aruch rules that if the baker uses the money given to purchase bread from the market for the payer, a valid eruv results, because the baker effectively becomes the payer's agent in the marketplace. This distinguishes buying from outside stock (valid) from acquiring from the baker's own stock via money (invalid).
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