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# Many cities have 2000 from the edge of the city which are drawn as a rectangle along the directions of a compass, from the edge of the northern most house, eastern most house, southern most house, and western most house. However, if the city is already rectangle, L-shaped, or arc shaped may not have this extension of squaring off the city.<ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1391-2)</ref> | # Many cities have 2000 from the edge of the city which are drawn as a rectangle along the directions of a compass, from the edge of the northern most house, eastern most house, southern most house, and western most house. However, if the city is already rectangle, L-shaped, or arc shaped may not have this extension of squaring off the city.<ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1391-2)</ref> | ||
# Because the laws of establishing a Techum and extending the Techum with a Eruv Techumin are complicated one should consult a local Orthodox Rabbi. <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1393)</ref> | # Because the laws of establishing a Techum and extending the Techum with a Eruv Techumin are complicated one should consult a local Orthodox Rabbi. <ref>39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 4, pg 1393)</ref> | ||
===Squaring Off a City=== | |||
#Chazal learn from the Torah that a city is considered as having corners which are drawn according to the cardinal directions of the world.<ref>Eruvin 55a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:3</ref> | |||
# A city that is a square or rectangle is not squared off because it already has corners, even though its corners do not align with the cardinal directions.<ref>Eruvin 55a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:1</ref> | |||
# A city that is a circle, triangle, pentagon, hexagon, or more sides are squared off.<ref>Eruvin 55a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:2</ref> | |||
# A city with two parallel sides, with one side that is wider and one side that is shorter, such as a trapezoid, is squared off by making the shorter side as long as the longer side.<ref>Eruvin 55a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:4</ref> | |||
# A city which has houses within 70.6 amot jutting out on one side, when squaring off the city, the city is measured by the furthest house in that direction.<ref>Eruvin 55a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:6</ref> | |||
# A city that is shaped like an L or a semicircle, if the ends are within 4000 amot, it is all considered one city and the area between its two ends is considered as though it was filled in with houses. If the ends are 4000 amot or more between the ends of the city, each branch of the city are considered separate and the area between them is not considered part of the city.<ref>Eruvin 55a, Shulchan Aruch O.C. 398:4</ref> Some are lenient to consider that area part of the city if from the line drawn between the two ends up to the city between its two ends is less than 2000 amot. Additionally, some are lenient that if the ends gradually spread apart to consider the section of the ends where they are less than 4000 amot apart to be considered filled in.<ref>Rama 398:4</ref> | |||
===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> | ||
