Per Slobodka minhag, the entire space of a Jewish residence is to be considered as four amos. This in regard to nayglvasser. I have heard that this derives from the Vilna Gaon, who considered the woof of the world altered after the death of Avraham ben Avraham.
Which is fascinating.
Does anyone know more about this?
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Related thereto,
Who was Avraham ben Avraham?
Avraham the son of Avraham was a Polish nobleman, Count Valentin Potoki, who was exposed to Judaism while studying in Paris. After becoming convinced that Judaism was the true religion, he travelled to Rome, and then to Amsterdam, where he formally converted.
He was also know as the Ger tzedek.
There is much about him in Jewish sources. There is no actual evidence, however, that he ever lived. We must conclude that, like a character from Talmudic meshalim, there was a need to invent him.
Suppose I begin an anecdote with “once there were these three men – a rabbi, a galach, and a height-impaired tax-accountant...”. I then proceed to tell an absolutely hysterical meisse, ending with a punchline that sticks in the mind for days afterward.
You remember the punchline, yes? You tell someone else the tale. They too remember the punchline.
Does it actually matter that the rabbi, the galach, and the height-impaired tax-accountant didn’t really exist?
