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An eruv accomplishes this by integrating a number of private and public properties into one larger private domain, thereby avoiding restrictions on carrying objects from the private to the public domain on the Sabbath and holidays. This is a list of places that have eruvin, both historic and modern, that are or were rabbinically recognized.
The term eruv is a shortening of eruv chatzerot (עירוב חצרות ), literally a "merger of [different] domains" (into a single domain). This makes carrying within the area enclosed by the eruv no different from carrying within a single private domain (such as a house owned by an individual), which is permitted.
There's some concern that if there's an eruv in the area, there's a thought that the Orthodox Jews who require this will move in and the community will be overrun by a certain type of person."
Eruvin (Hebrew: עֵרוּבִין, lit."Mixtures") is the second 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 these tractates were likely joined but then split due to length.
An eruv is a religious-legal enclosure which permits carrying in certain areas on Shabbat.. Eruv may also refer to: . Eruvin (Talmud), a tractate in Moed Eruv tavshilin ("mixing of cooked dishes"), which permits cooking on a Friday Holiday to prepare for Shabbat
An eruv techumin (Hebrew: עירוב תחומין, "mixed borders") for traveling enables Jews to travel on Shabbat or a Jewish holiday, without violating the prohibition of techum shabbat. They prepare food prior to Shabbat or the holiday on which they plan to travel farther than is normally allowed on such days.
In the late 1980s, Beth Sholom was principally responsible for the construction of a two-mile-long eruv in Potomac that made it permissible for observant Orthodox Jews to carry and push objects within the boundaries area on Shabbat, leading to the growth of the Orthodox population in the area. [2]
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