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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List of places with eruvin (redirect from List of communities with eruv)
(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 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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Alan Kimche (section North West London Eruv)
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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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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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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Yosef Eliyahu Henkin (redirect from Manhattan eruv)
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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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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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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