[Avodah] Rakia, Maaseh Bereishis, Halachah

[Poppers, Michael]

In Avodah V28n115, R'Micha wrote:
> Bereishis Rabba 4:2 speak of the raqia' congealing from a drop of
water. Based on this, the Rambam (Moreh 2:30) and Ralbag say that
raqia' is the atmosphere. Ibn Ezra reaches the same masqanah, but
via a different route. Mayim asher mei'al laraqia comes in cumulus,
stratus, nimbus, and so on.
> Learning Eruvin, the thought hit me that this may have a nafqa minah
lehalakhah.
> Numerous sattelites are in geostationary orbit; meaning, they orbit the earth such that they are always over the same point. What if a
given sattelite is always over my home?
> 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...) <
Wouldn't clarifying that BT statement as "ad v'lo ad bichlal" render moot "What if a given satellite is always over my home?"?

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-- Michael Poppers via BB pager