Quoting%20commentary for Eruvin 109:5

היה בית אחד יוצא כמין פגום או שני בתים יוצאין כמין שני פגומין רואין אותן כאילו חוט מתוח עליהן ומודד ממנו ולהלן אלפים אמה היתה עשויה כמין קשת או כמין גאם רואין אותה כאילו היא מלאה בתים וחצירות ומודד ממנו ולהלן אלפים אמה

Our Rabbis taught: How are the sabbath boundaries of towns extended? [If a town is] long the sabbath limits are measured from its normal boundaries.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., as it is - This is further explained infra.');">¹⁴</span> If it is round corners are added to it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the circumference of the town is deemed to be enclosed in an imaginary square and the Sabbath limits are measured from the sides of that square, the townspeople thus gaining the benefit of longer distances through the angles of the square:');">¹⁵</span> If it is square no corners are added to it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained infra.');">¹⁶</span>

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