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אורח חיים שצ״זOrach Chayim 397

Siman 397 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 18 se'ifim

הלכות תחומיןLaws of Techumin· siman 397

Se’if 1א׳

כָּל אָדָם יֵשׁ לוֹ אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה לְכָל רוּחַ, חוּץ מֵאַרְבַּע אַמּוֹתָיו אוֹ מֵהַמָּקוֹם שֶׁשָּׁבַת בּוֹ.

Laws of an individual's Shabbat rest, his vessels, and traveling two thousand cubits. Contains 18 sections Every person has two thousand cubits in each direction beyond his four cubits or beyond the place where he spent Shabbat.

Se’if 2ב׳

קָדַשׁ עָלָיו הַיּוֹם בַּבִּקְעָה וְאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ תְּחוּם שַׁבָּת, מְהַלֵּךְ אַלְפַּיִם פְּסִיעוֹת בֵּינוֹנִיּוֹת (טוּר) שֶׁהֵם תְּחוּם שַׁבָּת.

If Shabbat came upon him in an open valley and he does not know the Shabbat boundary, he may walk two thousand steps (of average size) (Tur) which constitute the Shabbat boundary.

Se’if 3ג׳

כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין אָדָם רַשַּׁאי לְהַלֵּךְ בְּשַׁבָּת וּבְיוֹם טוֹב אֶלָּא אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה לְכָל רוּחַ, כָּךְ כֵּלָיו וּבְהֶמְתּוֹ אֵין יָכוֹל שׁוּם אָדָם לְהוֹלִיכָם חוּץ לְאַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה שֶׁל בַּעֲלֵיהֶם. וְאִם עֵרְבוּ בַּעֲלֵיהֶם לְרוּחַ אַחַת, אֵין שׁוּם אָדָם יָכוֹל לְהוֹלִיכָם לָרוּחַ הָאַחֶרֶת, אֲפִלּוּ פְּסִיעָה אַחַת, בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין הַבְּעָלִים יְכוֹלִים לֵילֵךְ. הַגָּה: וְעַיֵּן לְעֵיל סוֹף סִימָן ש"ה אִם מֻתָּר לִמְסֹר בְּהֵמָה לְעַכּוּ"ם בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁיּוֹצִיאֶנָּה חוּץ לַתְּחוּם.

Just as a person may not walk on Shabbat and Yom Tov more than two thousand cubits in each direction, so too his vessels and animals — no person may take them beyond the two thousand cubits of their owner. If the owner made an eruv in one direction, no person may take them in the other direction even one step to a place where the owner cannot go. Rema: See above at the end of Siman 305 regarding whether one may hand over an animal to a non-Jew in a place where there is concern he may take it beyond the boundary.

…and 13 more se'ifim in this siman.

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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim — Torat Emet 363 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

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