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There is a dispute about how far away one must be in order to be exempt from bringing the Korban Pesach.
In our Mishnah, Rabbi Akiva interprets “a long distance” to be 15 mil away from the Beis HaMikdash. Rashi explains that this person finds himself at a distance which precludes his ability to arrive at the Beis HaMikdash during the hour when the Shechitah should be done, which is from midday until sundown.
Ulla said: The distance from the city of Modi’in to Jerusalem is fifteen mil.
This leads us into a discussion as to the claim by the Tiferes Yisroel that in our times where we have the means and ways of travelling in a much quicker fashion, when the time comes and we will be zocheh to bring the Korban Pesach, we will not be exempt even though we may be far way.
The town of Modi’in is used as an example of the distance from the Temple which leads us to examine its illustrious history.