RZS:<br>
>But in the old days if he left after Rosh Chodesh, anywhere he went<br>
would already be keeping one day because the shluchim on their fast<br>
horses would surely make it there before him.<<br><br>This assumes that they went to the same place he did. Did they send riders to Cyprus? Maybe, but it is probably same to assume that the riders did not have absolute full coverage of all places that could be reached in 10 days.<br>