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provided he does not thereby go out beyond the city’s Shabbat limit, as those watching the surveyor might mistakenly think the limit extends to that point.
If, due to the width of the canyon or hill, he cannot span it, with regard to this situation R' Dostai bar Yannai said in the name of R' Meir: I heard that one may pierce hills. In other words, one measures the distance as if there were a hole from one side of the hill to the other, so that in eff
Talmud: The Talmud asks: From where are these matters, that the Shabbat limit must be measured with a rope 50 cubits long, derived? Rav Yehuda said that Rav said: They are derived from that which the verse states: “The length of the courtyard shall be 100 cubits, and the breadth 50 by 50” (Exodus
The Talmud asks: This repetitive usage of the word 50 is necessary to teach us something else, namely, that the area of a courtyard is equivalent to a square the size of the Tabernacle’s courtyard. To this end, the Torah states: Take a square of 50 cubits by 50 cubits, and surround it with the remai
The Talmud answers: If so, let the verse state: 50, 50, which would have sufficed to teach us the size and shape of a courtyard. What is the significance of the phrase: 50 by 50? Conclude from this that the verse comes to teach two things, both the matter of the square courtyard and that the length