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It is forbidden to walk beyond one's Techum location on Shabbat, Yom Tov, or Yom Kippur.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 396:1, 495:1, 611:1. [https://ph.yhb.org.il/12-06-04/ Peninei Halacha] discusses why the allowance for ochel nefesh doesn't permit going beyond the techum on Yom Tov even for ochel nefesh.</ref> In general, the techum is a 2000 [[Amot]] beyond the immediate 4 [[amot]] area around a person.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 397:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 95:1. Mishna Brurah 397:1 writes that some hold that walking beyond 12 [[mil]] on shabbat is a | It is forbidden to walk beyond one's Techum location on Shabbat, Yom Tov, or Yom Kippur.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 396:1, 495:1, 611:1. [https://ph.yhb.org.il/12-06-04/ Peninei Halacha] discusses why the allowance for ochel nefesh doesn't permit going beyond the techum on Yom Tov even for ochel nefesh.</ref> In general, the techum is a 2000 [[Amot]] beyond the immediate 4 [[amot]] area around a person.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 397:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 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> | ||
==Determining the Techum== | ==Determining the Techum== | ||
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===Joining Cities=== | ===Joining Cities=== | ||
# If two cities are within 141.3 amot of each other they are considered like one city and the techum is drawn around both of them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:7</ref> | # If two cities are within 141.3 amot of each other they are considered like one city and the techum is drawn around both of them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:7</ref> | ||
# If when drawing the square around a city that would include another city the two cities are considered one large city and the techum is drawn around both of them.<ref>Minchat Yitzchak 8:33 explains that since the squaring of a city is taken into account before we add the 70 amot of the city if the squaring off of a city includes another city everything should be considered one large city. His proof is the concept of Eruvin 55a that the arms of a bow-shaped city join as long as they are within 4000 amot of each other. The Chazon Ish 110:16 wasn't sure whether or not the cities join when the squaring off of each other join. Rav Chaim Kanievsky in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49174&st=&pgnum=383 Shoneh Halachot 398:19 and 21] writes that it seems that his conclusion was that they do join. Zecher Tzvi (Techum Shabbat p. 21) agrees. Dirshu 398:21 cites Rav Wosner (Kitzur Hilchot Medidat Techumin) as agreeing but Rav Elyashiv as holding that one should be strict. | # If when drawing the square around a city that would include another city the two cities are considered one large city and the techum is drawn around both of them.<ref>Minchat Yitzchak 8:33 explains that since the squaring of a city is taken into account before we add the 70 amot of the city if the squaring off of a city includes another city everything should be considered one large city. His proof is the concept of Eruvin 55a that the arms of a bow-shaped city join as long as they are within 4000 amot of each other. The Chazon Ish 110:16 wasn't sure whether or not the cities join when the squaring off of each other join. Rav Chaim Kanievsky in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49174&st=&pgnum=383 Shoneh Halachot 398:19 and 21] writes that it seems that his conclusion was that they do join. Zecher Tzvi (Techum Shabbat p. 21) agrees. Dirshu 398:21 cites Rav Wosner (Kitzur Hilchot Medidat Techumin) as agreeing but Rav Elyashiv as holding that one should be strict. Mechzeh Eliyahu 1:74 and 77 is lenient. Machneh Yisrael of Rabbi Dimitrovsky p. 19-22 writes that one who is lenient has what to rely upon and supports this from the Rambam and Meiri. He also cites Rav Elyashiv as being strict. </ref> | ||
==Moving Packages Received on Shabbat== | |||
# If one isn't sure if an item was brought from beyond the techum one has to be strict not to move beyond 4 amot even though techum is rabbinic.<Ref>Beitzah 24b, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 515:1</ref> | |||
# Even if the package was delivered from outside of the techum if the package was placed in a house or building then it can be moved within the house since the house walls are considered 4 amot.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 405:1 writes that people who leave the techum only have 4 amot. Shulchan Aruch 405:9 applies these laws to objects as well. Shulchan Aruch 405:6 writes that if a person left the techum accidentally or was forcibly was moved by non-Jews and ended up beyond the techum within a walled area the entire walled area is considered like 4 amot. However, if a Jew left the techum intentionally he only has 4 amot. However, with respect to objects that left the techum, Mishna Brurah 405:50 writes that if the objects left the techum and entered a walled area they can be moved within the entire walled area whether they were moved there intentionally or unintentionally.</ref> | |||
==Walking to the edge of the Techum== | ==Walking to the edge of the Techum== | ||
# 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 Shulchan Aruch 90:3</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 Shulchan Aruch 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 Shulchan Aruch 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 Shulchan Aruch 90:3</ref> | ||
==Techum above Ten Tefachim== | ==Techum above Ten Tefachim== | ||
# There is an unresolved discussion in the Gemara whether there is techum above ten tefachim. We are lenient if a person started Shabbat above ten tefachim that he doesn't have a techum of two thousand amot as long as he didn't yet land or reach a place that is connected to the ground.<ref>Gemara Eruvin 43a-b, Shulchan Aruch OC 404:1</ref> This is relevant to a person who was on a boat at the beginning of Shabbat.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 404:1</ref> | # There is an unresolved discussion in the Gemara whether there is techum above ten tefachim. We are lenient if a person started Shabbat above ten tefachim that he doesn't have a techum of two thousand amot as long as he didn't yet land or reach a place that is connected to the ground.<ref>Gemara Eruvin 43a-b, Shulchan Aruch OC 404:1</ref> This is relevant to a person who was on a boat at the beginning of Shabbat.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 404:1</ref> | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
# See a summary of the halacha's of Techum with pictures on [http://www.techumshabbos.com/the-basic-halachos-in-a-rush.html TechumShabbos.com] | # See a summary of the halacha's of Techum with pictures on [http://www.techumshabbos.com/the-basic-halachos-in-a-rush.html TechumShabbos.com] | ||
# [https://ph.yhb.org.il/category/%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%aa/30-%d7%aa%d7%97%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%99-%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%aa/ פניני הלכה, שבת פרק ל] | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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