[Avodah] Techum Shabbat

[Arie Folger]

RMB wrote in a different thread: >>Truth is, if you look at hilkhos techum
shabbos with all the clauses I added in the previous paragraph, I may be
living in a "city" that includes the a rectangle that goes beyond Boston in
the NE and Washington DC in the SW! Techum under these changed
circumstances...<<

Actually,  wether a ribua' of te'hum is ever made that large is a matter of
controversy. Arguably,  once it gets fairly large, the rule of a city like
a keshet kicks in and we no longer have a major ribua', but rather a
polygon made up of many large squares.

There are views on both sides,  but the sanity check inherent in your
posted comment makes the more restrictive view more reasonable.
--
Yours sincerely,
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Arie Folger

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