What are the techum boundaries granted to someone who left their Shabbat domain with permission (e.g., a midwife called to assist a birth)?
Synopsis
One who leaves the Shabbat boundary with rabbinic permission receives 2,000 amot in each direction from their point of arrival. If they arrive at a city, they are treated as a resident of that city with 2,000 amot beyond its borders.
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