(Mishnah): If blood that requires one Matanah (Zerikah) was mixed with blood that requires one Matanah, we do one Matanah. . If blood that requires four Matanos was mixed with blood that requires four, we do four;

If blood that requires four Matanos (really, two Matanos on opposite edges; the blood goes on all four walls) was mixed with blood that requires one, R. Eliezer says that we do four Matanos;

R. Yehoshua says, we do one Matanah.

R. Eliezer: [According to you], do you not find that he transgresses Bal Tigra (do not do less than the Mitzvah requires)?!

R. Yehoshua: [According to you], do you not find that he transgresses Bal Tosif (do not do more than the Mitzvah specifies)?!

R. Yehoshua: It is better to transgress a Lo Sa'aseh that he does not do overtly (Bal Tigra) than [to transgress] a Lo Sa'aseh overtly (Bal Tosif).

(Mishnah): [A Metzora] entered his head, and [the Kohen] put [blood of his Asham] on the Tenuch (middle cartilage) of his ear. He entered his hand, and he put on his thumb. He entered his foot, and he put on his big toe. (R. Yehudah says, he entered all three at once.)

Question: Rabanan contradict themselves! There they forbid to increase the Tum'ah (enter all three at once), and here [R. Yehudah ben Beseira, who argues with R. Yehudah] permits!

Answer: There [they forbid entering all three at once] lest he enter Rosho v'Rubo, which has a punishment of Kares, and here [he only is Metamei a Kli, which is like] entering a Tamei Kli in the Mikdash (one is not even lashed for a Rishon l'Tum'ah).

Question: R. Yehudah contradicts himself! There he permits increasing the Tum'ah (entering all three at once), and here he forbids increasing (being Metamei a Kli)!

Answer: There, [he says to enter all three at once] lest he be Metamei (enter Tum'ah) three times. However, here the Tum'ah is already inside [and he passively delays it until we find wooden tongs];

[Also,] it is possible [that we will find tongs immediately, and] remove without delay and without [increasing] Tum'ah.

R. Yehudah: It is better to transgress a Lo Sa'aseh that he does not do overtly (delaying the Tum'ah) than a Lo Sa'aseh overtly (being Metamei the Avnet)!

Question: If he took it out from a place where there is a Chiyuv Kares (for a Tamei who enters, i.e. the Azarah) and it fell to a place where one is not Chiyuv Kares [does he take it out also from there on Shabbos]?

Answer: It was already proper to leave [the entire Mikdash, so it is permitted].

Question: If one found another [Sheretz] next to it, may he take both out [on Shabbos], or only the one that was proper to leave?

(Tosefta) Question: [R. Yehoshua] used to say that tongs are made only through [existing] tongs. Who made the first tongs?

Answer: [Hash-m] created them [at the end of the six days of creation].

(R. Chanina, in front of R. Mana): What do you say? (Why was this taught at the end of the Tosefta of Eruvin?)

Answer (R. Mana): From one tongs they learned to make many tongs. Likewise, from one Shevus they learned from many Shevusim. (PNEI MEIR - just above, the Tosefta said that laws of Shabbos, Chagigah and Me'ilah are like mountains hanging from hairs, i.e. many laws and few verses to base them on.)