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אורח חיים שצ״טOrach Chayim 399

Siman 399 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 11 se'ifim

הלכות תחומיןLaws of Techumin· siman 399

Se’if 1א׳

אֵין מוֹדְדִין תְּחוּם הָעִיר אֶלָּא בְּחֶבֶל שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן שֶׁל חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, לֹא פָּחוֹת שֶׁהוּא נִמְתָּח בְּיוֹתֵר, וְלֹא אָרֹךְ יוֹתֵר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִמְתָּח כָּרָאוּי.

With What Are the Shabbos Limits Measured; the Measurement of [Different Types of] Places; Who May Perform the Measurement. Containing 11 paragraphs The city's boundary is only measured with a linen rope of fifty cubits, no less, because it will be too stretchable, and no longer because then it will not stretch properly

Se’if 2ב׳

אִם יֵשׁ נָהָר לְפָנָיו לְסוֹף ע"ה אַמָּה, לְאַחַר שֶׁמָּדַד חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, חוֹזֵר לַאֲחוֹרָיו כ"ה אַמָּה כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא הַחֶבֶל שֶׁל נ' אַמָּה שָׁלֵם עַד הַנָּהָר.

If there is a river in front of him, he measures fifty cubits until its end, and then goes back behind it by twenty-five cubits so that the span will be a complete fifty cubits until the river.

Se’if 3ג׳

יָשִׂים הַחֶבֶל כְּנֶגֶד לִבּוֹ וְיִמְתְּחֶנּוּ בְּכָל כֹּחוֹ.

He should place the rope opposite his heart and stretch it with all his might.

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

English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0