Techum: Difference between revisions

# It is forbidden to walk beyond the Techum on Shabbat. In general, the techum is a 2000 [[Amot]] beyond the immediate 4 [[amot]] area around a person.<ref>S"A 397:1, Kitzur S"A 95:1. Mishna Brurah 397:1 writes that some hold that walking beyond 12 [[mil]] on shabbat is a Biblical prohibition, while others consider it a rabbinic prohibition.</ref>

# If one is in a village, town, or city, one may have 2000 [[amot]] from the outer bounds of the city, depending on the density of the houses.<ref>Kitzur S"A 95:2</ref> If there are 6 homes each within 70.66 [[amot]] of another home are considered a city and the Techum would begin from 2000 [[amot]] outside the group of houses. Any home that is within 70.66 [[amot]] of the established city is included in the city, however, a house which is more than 70.66 [[amot]] from other houses is not included in the city and the Techum for residents of that house is only 2000 [[amot]] from the edge of that house. Therefore, a suburban area with houses separated more than 70.66 [[amot]] are not considered part of a city and residents of a house only have 2000 [[amot]] from that house. <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1387-9)</ref>

# If one's Techum includes the entire length of a city, which is defined above, the city is only considered 4 [[amot]] and one may walk beyond that city for the rest of one's 2000 [[amot]]. For example, if one's dwelling place is 500 [[amot]] from a city and the city is 1000 [[amot]] long, the city is only considered 4 [[amot]]. Therefore, one is able to walk another 1496 [[amot]] after the city. However, if one's Techum ends in the middle of the city, the city is not considered 4 [[amot]] and one may not walk beyond one's [[Techum]].<ref>Kitzur S"A 95:12</ref>

# It is forbidden to walk to the edge of the Techum in order to leave on a journey quickly after Shabbat. However, if the action one is going to do after [[Shabbat]] could theoretically have been done on [[Shabbat]], it is not forbidden to walk tot the edge of the Techum waiting for the end of [[Shabbat]]. For example, one may walk to the edge of the Techum in order to bring one's animal back because theoretically one could have done this on Shabbat if there were houses extending the Techum. Also one may walk to the edge of the Techum in order to collect fruit which fell before [[Shabbat]] and aren't [[Muktzeh]] because theoretically one could have done so on [[Shabbat]] if there were walls surrounding the path (which would permit [[carrying on Shabbat]]). <ref>Kitzur S"A 90:3</ref>

# One may walk to one's garden within the Techum in order to pick fruit after [[Shabbat]] since it is not evident that one is walking there for that purpose.<ref>Kitzur S"A 90:3</ref>