[Avodah] borders of Israel

[D&E-H Bannett]

R' Josh notes that in Gittin 7b in discussing the western 
border of E"Y,  one gets islands off the coast into the 
borders of E"Y.

But why limit our boundaries to just a few insignificant 
islands?  Just turn to the next page. On 8a where R' Yehuda 
says everything directly west of E"Y is included in E"Y. 
Tosefot questions whether people in southern France should 
be required to take teruma and ma'aser.

Some seem to wonder whether, instead of looking for 
exclusions from mitzvot ha-t'luyot ba'aretz we should expand 
and add kedusha.  But, then, the person who asked, R' Peter 
(?) has what sounds like an un-Jewish name. Perhaps this 
explains his unusual ideas.


k"t,

David