If a person is found at Shabbat within an enclosure made for habitation (mukaf le-dirah), how large a space may he traverse?
Synopsis
If Shabbat begins while a person is inside an enclosure built for habitation, the entire enclosed area is treated as his four amot — regardless of its size — and he may traverse all of it.
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