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    An eruv ([(ʔ)eˈʁuv]; Hebrew: עירוב, lit. 'mixture', also transliterated as eiruv or erub, plural: eruvin [(ʔ)eʁuˈvin] or eruvim) is a ritual halakhic...
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  • (halachik wall) together with an eruv chatzerot (Hebrew: עירוב חצרות), commonly known in English as a community eruv, is a symbolic boundary that allows...
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    New Jersey, in the United States, opposed extension of an eruv within their borders. An eruv is a land area surrounded by a boundary of religious significance...
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    An eruv techumin (Hebrew: עירוב תחומין, "mixed borders") for traveling enables Jews to travel on Shabbat or a Jewish holiday, without violating the prohibition...
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  • Look up eruv in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An eruv is a religious-legal enclosure which permits carrying in certain areas on Shabbat. Eruv may also...
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  • An eruv tavshilin (Hebrew: עירוב תבשילין, "mixing of [cooked] dishes") refers to a Jewish ritual in which one prepares a cooked food prior to a Jewish...
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  • in which there is a sizable and cohesive population, which has its own eruvs, community organizations, businesses, day schools, yeshivas, and/or synagogues...
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    Manhattan eruv. On July 12, 1961, Henkin wrote a letter saying that there was a sound basis to establish an eruv in Manhattan. He wrote that, until the eruv received...
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    Shabbat, so an eruv creates a single, private shared space, and carrying within it is permitted. The irregular boundaries of the eruv are such that, as...
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    tractate in the Order of Moed in the Talmud, dealing with the various types of eruv. In this sense this tractate is a natural extension of Shabbat; at one point...
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  • Edgware Eruv Website". Edgware Eruv Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-17. "Welcome To The Stanmore Eruv". Retrieved 2010-08-02. "Elstree & Borehamwood Eruv homepage"...
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    surrounded by a wire called "eruv" (Eiroew in Dutch). In contrast to the eruvs in New York City or other large cities, the Antwerp eruv surrounds the whole city...
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    artists Isaac Goodheart of Postal and Jordan B. Gorfinkel. In June 2016, an eruv built to benefit the Kol Israel congregation "increased sixfold the area...
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    York University, with his doctoral thesis focusing on the history of the eruv in North America. Mintz was the Associate Rabbi for Congregation Kehilath...
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    Angeles Community Eruv Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Hancock Park, Pico-Robertson, West Hollywood, & Westwood Jewish American North Valley Eruv Chatsworth, Granada...
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  • in Denver, Colorado. It is a traditional, Haredi community with its own eruv. The community follows Ashkenazi Jewish traditions as set forth by the Litvak...
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  • head retires" "The NW London eruv controversy" "Elstree & Borehamwood Eruv" "Stanmore Eruv" "Edgware Eruv" "Manchester Eruv – Haskomos" Archived 15 April...
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  • Angeles Community Eruv Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Hancock Park, Pico-Robertson, West Hollywood, & Westwood Jewish American North Valley Eruv Chatsworth, Granada...
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    Mechitza (section Eruv)
    halakhic discourse, "mechitza" can also refer to the boundary walls of an eruv for carrying (to carry within a given area on the Sabbath the area must be...
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    Kimche formed a committee to construct an Eruv for the North-West London Jewish community. The purpose of the Eruv was to allow observant Jews to carry within...
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  • involved in inspecting the Five Towns eruv on a weekly basis. The yeshiva is currently[when?] remodeling the Hewlett eruv. (February 19, 2020) "YGFT Holds...
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  • over the construction of an eruv in Bergen County, when several municipalities opposed its construction. Supporters of the eruv alleged antisemitic discrimination...
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    It's a thin line: Eruv from Talmudic to modern culture. Brooklyn, NY: Ktav Publishing House. ISBN 978-1602802766. The Manhattan Eruv. Edited by Els Bendheim...
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    houses the city's major Jewish institutions. In modern times, Venice has an eruv, used by the Jewish community. The legislative body of the Comune is the...
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  • wash the hands before eating bread To light Shabbat candles To construct an eruv to permit carrying to and within public areas on Shabbat To recite the Hallel...
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    day. Many observant Jews avoid the prohibition of carrying by use of an eruv. Others make their keys into a tie bar, part of a belt buckle, or a brooch...
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    distances than those who walk, thereby leaving the boundaries of the local eruv and violating those Shabbat laws pertaining to traveling beyond the "boundary...
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    reproduction, in S.H. Aufrère (éd.), Encyclopédie religieuse de l’Univers végétal (ERUV – II), Montpellier, 2001, pp. 537–564 (ISBN 978-2-84269-502-6) Richard-Alain...
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  • needs to travel, he may travel in that direction using that eruv, invalidating the other eruv. Under the doctrine of Breira, the intent to travel in this...
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  • In Judaism, when the Eve of Passover (Hebrew: ערב פסח, Erev Pesach) falls on Shabbat, special laws regarding the preparation for Passover are observed...
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