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When discussing how the halakha differs depending on whether a geṭ is written in Israel or in the Diaspora, it is essential to define borders. What is considered “the Land of Israel”?
Our daf offers two opinions with regard to this question. According to the hakhamim, the western border of Israel is a straight line drawn from Taurus Amanus – a mountain range in Syria – to Wadi El Arish in the Sinai. This includes the water off the Mediterranean coast, which includes a number of small islands. Rabbi Yehuda suggests that the western border extends much further, measuring the length of Israel from north to south and ranging westward to include the Mediterranean Sea until the Atlantic Ocean.
We explore the notion of borders in the historical sense but also mythical.