Shalom.
Today is Revi'i, 8-19. It is day, yom. I would like to discuss the following. Is there a distance within a city beyond which it is forbidden to pass or travel on Shabbat? Also, is this about not leaving one's home, neighborhood, community on Shabbat? Is it permitted to go to the synagogue on Shabbat? If the city in which one resides does not have a synagogue, what are the options? I live in Tacoma, Washington. We have several synagogues here. What is a place? How is this generally understood? What is the right understanding on this?
Negative Commandment 321 (Digest)
Going Beyond City Limits on Shabbat
"Let no man go out of his place on the seventh day"—Exodus 16:29.
It is forbidden on Shabbat to travel more than 2,000 cubits (approximately 3000 ft.) out of a city's parameters.
Shalom.
Jacob
Today is Revi'i, 8-19. It is day, yom. I would like to discuss the following. Is there a distance within a city beyond which it is forbidden to pass or travel on Shabbat? Also, is this about not leaving one's home, neighborhood, community on Shabbat? Is it permitted to go to the synagogue on Shabbat? If the city in which one resides does not have a synagogue, what are the options? I live in Tacoma, Washington. We have several synagogues here. What is a place? How is this generally understood? What is the right understanding on this?
Negative Commandment 321 (Digest)
Going Beyond City Limits on Shabbat
"Let no man go out of his place on the seventh day"—Exodus 16:29.
It is forbidden on Shabbat to travel more than 2,000 cubits (approximately 3000 ft.) out of a city's parameters.
Shalom.
Jacob