Does the leniency of verbal acquisition of Shabbat rest (without physical presence or food) apply to one who is at home?
Synopsis
All authorities agree: the verbal declaration leniency applies only to a traveler, not to someone at home. Someone at home who makes such a declaration acquires only his home's Shabbat rest.
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