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Can one shorten the prayer if the distance ranges between 300 and 500 km, but the traveler does not leave the urban area, knowing that the legal distance for shortening prayer is approximately 83 km with the condition of leaving the urban area?

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A traveler begins shortening prayers upon passing all the houses of his village. If the village is connected in construction to another village, he does not shorten prayers until he has passed all the houses of both villages. As for nearby villages whose buildings are not connected, each village has its own ruling.

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