Techum

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  1. It is forbidden to walk beyond the Techum on Shabbat. In general, the techum is a 2000 Amah boundary beginning from 4 amot area around a person.[1]Some hold that walking beyond 12 mil on shabbat is a Biblical prohibition, while others consider it a rabbinic prohibition.[2]

References

  1. S"A 397:1
  2. Mishna Brurah 397:1