[Avodah] Rakia, Maaseh Bereishis, Halachah

Lampel zvilampel at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 13:45:43 PDT 2011


> On 6/28/2011 3:53 PM,From: Micha Berger<micha at aishdas.org>
>
> ...Reshus hayachid olah ad laraqia (Shabbos 52b, Eiruvin 7a).
>
> So, whether or not that sattelite is on my reshus would depend on whether
> ad laraqia is the top of the clouds, or ad infinitum. (Unless the universe
> is finite, in which case...)
>
The Rambam also says that the Torah uses the words rakia (cloud region) 
and shamayim (celestial region) interchangeably, using each one for the 
other. So, another nafka meena: if your reshus would be directly under a 
star, would you own it?



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