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==Techum of Specific Cities== | ==Techum of Specific Cities== | ||
===Techum of Manhattan=== | ===Techum of Manhattan=== | ||
#There are two ways to square off the city of Manhattan to determine its techum.<ref>Rav Yitzchak Shpitzer and Rav Yechezkel Shraga Weiss in an article to R' Beresh Rapaport</ref> | |||
##Method 1: One way is to draw a rectangle using the western side as a single straight side. A parallel line is drawn with the same length at the same angle to the east of the island. Then two shorter sides are drawn perpendicular to the parallel lines to complete the rectangle. This is Chazon Ish's method to squaring off a city. According to this a small section of Brooklyn and possibly a tiny section of Jersey City are included in the squaring off of Manhattan. | |||
##Method 2: Another way of squaring off Manhattan is to square it off based on the cardinal directions. The western border is drawn from the western most part of the island, and the same is done for the other directions so that there is a rectangle which aligns with the cardinal directions. This squaring off of Manhattan easily protrudes into Brooklyn as well as Fort Lee. | |||
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Ribu'a of Manhattan (Chazon Ish).png|Method 1: along the western side on [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1C_35EvqooOX1dJDROrMgWiz__xSp1J8&usp=sharing google maps] | |||
Ribu'a of Manhattan (Ruchot Haolam).png|Method 2: according to the cardinal directions on [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1C_35EvqooOX1dJDROrMgWiz__xSp1J8&usp=sharing google maps] | |||
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==Moving Packages Received on Shabbat== | ==Moving Packages Received on Shabbat== | ||
