When a person eats in one place and sleeps in another (e.g., brothers who eat in their father's house but sleep in their own), which location determines where they create an eruv restriction?
Synopsis
All authorities agree the eating location is primary. Brothers who eat in the father's house but sleep in their own houses do not restrict the father's courtyard. If they receive food portions and eat in their own houses, they do restrict — unless other conditions exempt them.
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