Questions tagged [techum]
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Bikur cholim outside the techum
Is one allowed to violate the boundaries and walk beyond techum Shabbat on Shabbat for the mitzvah of Bikur Cholim (visiting the sick)? Is there a responsa or Halacha brought down on this?
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Does Techum Shabbos apply vertically?
If I'm at the base of a ladder that ascends beyond 2K amot is the top of the ladder outside the techum or is techum only on a horizontal plane?
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Measuring Techum to include the city's Eruv
(Note: the halachot of measuring Techum in practice are very complex, and an expert should be consulted.)
In general terms, the start of a Techum measurement is the dwelling which is designated as the ...
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Going out on Shabbat for Avenging your father's murder?
In the Mishna Berurah on the end of Siman 306 (page 200 of Vol. 3 in the classic editions) he writes:
כתב כנה"ג דללכת חוץ לתחום בשבת לנקום נקמת אביו מרוצחים מותר ותמה עליו המג"א וש"א ...
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No issue of techum during kriyas yam suf
The Torah says that the sea formed a wall to the left and right of the Jews. The Midrash clarifies that it became a solid wall.
The Chasam Sofer (to be precise, his grandson), to resolve a different ...
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When a city is "in its own t'chum"
I see in the fifth chapter of mishnayos Eruvin that if, on Shabas, one leaves his city, walks more than about 70 or 71 amos (cubits), and encounters another city, then he can continue walking only ...
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T'chum shabas maps?
There are many better or worse maintained maps of eruvei chatzeros available to the public, which are a boon to travellers to a new place interested in where they can move things outdoors during ...
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Techum of New York
I'm wondering if anyone knows what the techum of/in NYC are?
Is Brooklyn separate from Manhattan?
What about Brooklyn to Queens?
Manhattan and the Bronx?
(I assume Staten Island is too far to be ...
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Were new arrivals stuck at Ellis Island for Shabbos?
If I understand correctly, if your airplane or boat arrived on Shabbos, you're stuck within a ~half-mile radius of the boat or plane until after Shabbos because of techum. (I'd heard some discussion ...
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Techum Shabbos for Items across Timezones
It is my understanding that if a person owns an item, that item may not be taken outside of his Techum Shabbos (2,000 Amos) on Shabbos (e.g. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayyim 397:3).
For example, if ...
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Returning from hospital on Shabbos if it is beyond the Techum [duplicate]
In this question: Returning after driving someone to the hospital on Shabbat the questioner asked whether on may go back home by car on Shabbos after taking someone to the hospital. The accepted ...
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What is the status of a modern-day city with regards to techum?
The halacha of techum states that one cannot go more than 2000 amot outside of his place of rest. The place of rest can be the city in which he's spending Shabbat.
With regards to t'chum, what ...
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Are adjacent fields in techum shabbat or not?
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In Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Chapter 95:1
" והיינו אם היה בין השמשות בשדה אבל אם שבת בתוך עיר כל העיר הוא מקומו. ועיבורה של עיר נחשב ג"כ להעיר"
Sorry if this is a beginners question but my ...
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Is West Hempstead in the Techum of Far Rockaway?
Is anyone aware what any of the poskim say regarding techum Shabbos of Far Rockaway in relation to traveling to West Hempstead?
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Techum Shabbos in a large private area?
The specific question came up in the context of the Disney Marathon, which is actually on Sunday, and the previous day on Shabbos is a half marathon. (They have a combo award for those who do both). ...