Can a traveler acquire Shabbat rest at a distant location (tree or fence) by verbal declaration when he may not arrive before nightfall?
Synopsis
A major dispute between the majority view (first opinion) and Rambam. The majority holds that specifying a place and declaring 'my Shabbat rest is at its base' acquires that location if reachable by running; Rambam requires that a place be specified and holds that without specification no acquisition occurs at the remote place.
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