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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 401
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Opens “מי שישן בדרך וחשכה לו קונה אלפים…”
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<b>מי שישן בדרך וחשכה לו קונה אלפים אמה לכל רוח. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>מי שישן בדדך וחשכה לו קנה שביתה במקומו ויש לו אלפים אמה לכל רוח ודוקא באדם משום דהואיל ואם היה נעור היה קונה ישן נמי קונה אבל חפצי הפקר אינם קונים שביתה והם כרגלי הזוכה בהם תחלה שיכול להוליכן למקום שילך הוא אבל חפצי העכו"ם קונין שביתה במקומן אף על פי שבעליהן לאו בני שביתה נינהו גזירה חפצי עכו"ם אטו חפצי ישראל ואם הוציאן עכו"ם חוץ לתחומן והביאן לעיר יכולים לטלטל בכולה שכולה כארבע אמות ובלבד שתהא מוקפת לדירה וסתם עיירות מוקפות לדירה שבונים בתים תחלה ואח"כ מקיפים אותם אבל סתם מבצרים אינם מוקפים לדירה: הגה ולכן יש ליזהר ישראל שהשאיל כליו לעכו"ם והחזירן בשבת שלא לטלטלן חוץ מארבע אמות אם אין העיר מוקף מחיצה שהרי הכלים קנו שביתה אצל העכו"ם: (א"ז)
A Person who was Sleeping while on a Journey [when the Shabbos Commenced] is Granted 2000 Cubits in All Directions [from the Place where He was Located]: One who sleeps on the way and darkness falls upon him, acquires a residence in his place and may traverse a distance of two thousand cubits in any direction. Specifically with regard to a person, because since if he had been awake, he would have acquired a place to sleep, he also acquires it while sleeping. However, ownerless objects do not acquire a residence, and they are like the legs of the first person to take them, who may take them to wherever he goes. However, objects belonging to non-Jews acquire a residence in their place, even though their owners are not considered residents. This ruling was made as a decree for non-Jewish objects, but Jewish objects are not subject to such a decree. And those who bring them [objects] into a city may move them within the entire city, which is like an area of four cubits, provided that the city is surrounded for dwelling purposes. Small, walled towns are considered to be surrounded for dwelling purposes, even if the houses were built first and the walls were erected around them later. However, simple fortresses are not considered to be surrounded for dwelling purposes. Rema: Therefore, Jews should be careful not to lend their objects to non-Jews and have them returned on Shabbat to be moved more than four cubits, unless the city is surrounded by a wall for dwelling purposes. This is because the objects acquire a residence in the non-Jewish domain.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0