{"id":17516,"date":"2026-02-26T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/?post_type=faq&p=17516"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:13:31","slug":"shushan-purim-in-upper-and-lower-tverya","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/shushan-purim-in-upper-and-lower-tverya\/","title":{"rendered":"Shushan Purim in Upper and Lower Tverya"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gemara (Megillah 5b) already debates whether the sea is considered a protective wall for the city of <\/span>Tverya<\/b>\u2014based on the verse from the Song of the Sea,<\/span> “and the water was a wall for them”<\/i>\u2014or if it is considered unwalled on one of its sides.<\/span> Therefore,<\/span> due to this doubt,<\/span> the Megillah is read in <\/span>Tverya<\/b> on the 14th with a blessing and on the 15th without a blessing.<\/span> It should be noted that the only place in the world where the Megillah is read on the 15th alone with a blessing is Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

The discussion continues regarding places adjacent to Lower <\/span>Tverya<\/b>,<\/span> such as Upper <\/span>Tverya<\/b>:<\/span> are they considered part of <\/span>Tverya<\/b> itself and thus required to read on both the 14th and 15th?<\/span> Maran the Biur Halacha<\/b> (Siman 688) rules that a city which is itself in a state of doubt does not “pull” the adjacent or visible areas after it to read on the 15th; rather,<\/span> those areas read only on the 14th as usual.<\/span><\/p>\n

However,<\/span> the <\/span>Chazon Ish<\/b> and the author of <\/span>Pe’at HaShulchan<\/b> disagree,<\/span> holding that the law of “Adjacent and Visible” (<\/span>Samuch VeNireh<\/i>) applies even here.<\/span> According to their view,<\/span> if Lower <\/span>Tverya<\/b> is adjacent to or visible from Upper <\/span>Tverya<\/b>,<\/span> then the 15th should also be observed there without a blessing.<\/span> According to the <\/span>Chazon Ish<\/b>,<\/span> one should read on the 15th in Bnei Brak and throughout Haifa,<\/span> because he held that Haifa is adjacent to Ancient Haifa and Bnei Brak is adjacent to Jaffa (since Bnei Brak is now connected by a continuous line of houses to Jaffa).<\/span> The <\/span>Chazon Ish<\/b> followed this in practice.<\/span> This ruling also applies to <\/span>Mishloach Manot<\/b> (subject to dispute),<\/span> Matanot L’Evyonim<\/b>,<\/span> and the <\/span>Purim<\/b> feast due to the legal doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defining “Adjacent” and “Visible”<\/b><\/h4>\n
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    Adjacent (Samuch<\/i>):<\/b> According to <\/span>Rabbi Tykocinski<\/b> zatzal (<\/span>Ir HaKodesh<\/i>),<\/span> “adjacent” only extends up to one <\/span>Mil<\/i>.<\/span> Anything beyond that is not “adjacent,<\/span>” even if there is a continuous line of houses.<\/span> However,<\/span> the <\/span>Torat Chesed<\/b> of Lublin held that as long as there is a continuous line of houses,<\/span> it is considered one place.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The Practical Ruling:<\/b> Many authorities\u2014including the <\/span>Chazon Ish<\/b>,<\/span> Rabbi Frank<\/b>,<\/span> the <\/span>Minchas Yitzchak<\/b>,<\/span> Maran Rav Wosner<\/b>,<\/span> Maran the Yabia Omer<\/b>,<\/span> and the <\/span>Ohr L’Tzion<\/b>\u2014rule that a gap of 141 and 1\/3 <\/span>Amot<\/i> (approx.<\/span> 67.<\/span>8 meters) constitutes a break.<\/span> This is how we rule in practice,<\/span> which raises questions regarding neighborhoods like Ramot in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Visible (Nireh<\/i>):<\/b> The <\/span>Magen Avraham<\/b> and the <\/span>Mishna Berurah<\/b> hold that even a distance greater than a <\/span>Mil<\/i> can be considered “visible.<\/span>” Others,<\/span> however,<\/span> argue that “visible” only applies within the range of one <\/span>Mil<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17516","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nShushan Purim in Upper and Lower Tverya - Ish Tsadik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ish-tsadik.org.il\/en\/faq\/shushan-purim-in-upper-and-lower-tverya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shushan Purim in Upper and Lower Tverya - Ish Tsadik\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gemara (Megillah 5b) already debates whether the sea is considered a protective wall for the city of Tverya\u2014based on the verse from the Song of the Sea, “and the water was a wall for them”\u2014or if it is considered unwalled on one of its sides. 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