Is the Shabbat boundary limit (techum) of two thousand cubits a Torah-level or rabbinic prohibition?
Synopsis
The Mechaber sets the two-thousand-cubit limit as rabbinic, while the Rambam holds that a twelve-mil limit (the extent of the Israelite camp) is a Torah-level prohibition. Most later Ashkenazi authorities side with the majority view that there is no Torah-level prohibition at all.
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