[Avodah] Flight or Fight

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:10:37PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: > But in any case, traveling more than 3 parsah on Fri is a
: > halachic problem.
: >    Sukkah 44b
: >    OC [2]49:1
...
: Yes, technically you're correct. It is a halachic problem. But "the
: problem" stated there is the fear that when he arrives, they'll have to
: cook extra for this unexpected arrival...

I thought the din was you had to be sure to arrive on time. It's "just"
that an time doesn't mean sheqi'ah, it means enough time before sheqi'ah
to be ready.

See MB s"q 3, 6.

I thus understood 249:1 to be a continuation of 248, which discusses long
multiday trips and the potential for causing chilul Shabbos.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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