If the eruv is placed in a house other than the middle house (e.g., a flanking house or a house elsewhere in one of the courtyards), are the three intermediate houses still exempt from contributing bread?
Synopsis
Tosafot extend the exemption: all three intermediate houses are exempt whenever the eruv-carriers must pass through them, regardless of where the eruv ultimately lands. The Aruch HaShulchan adds a limiting condition.
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