Eruv Online: Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY

Religiously Symbolic Fence Sought for East End

By Mitchell Freedman

In a first for the East End, creation of an eruv, a symbolic fence used in Orthodox Jewish observance, is being sought by a synagogue in Westhampton Beach. Read on...

Halachah

Primer on Hilchos Reshuyos and Eruvin

Where We May Carry on Shabbos I

What Is a Reshus HaYachid I

What Is a Tzuras HaPesach I

What Is a Reshus HaRabbim I, II

General Halachah

Key Points Regarding the Permissibility of an Eruv in Brooklyn I

Why Brooklyn Is Not a Reshus HaRabbim Part: I, IIa, IIb, III

Why Construct an Eruv? I

The Chazon Ish on Carrying I

Eruvin: Who’s Obligation I

The Obligation of Eruvin I

Various Issues Regarding Eruvin Part: Ia, Ib, Ic, II, III, IV, V, VI

Delasos – Me’d’Oraysa or Me’d’rabbanan Part: I

Halachah K’Divrei Hameikil B'Eruvin Part: I, II

A Rambam Eruv in Brooklyn? I

According to the Mishnah Berurah, May a Baal Nefesh Carry in an Eruv of Tzuras HaPesachim? Part: I, II

Kuntres Kaneh VeKinamon: Carrying and the Baal Nefesh I

The Achiezer Explained Part: I, II

Is a Street Intersected by a Roofed Area Considered Mefulash? I

Are City Streets Considered 16 Amos Wide? I

Carrying a Lulav or a Shofar for a Woman or a Child on Yom Tov I

Mechitzos

The Shulchan Aruch Explained I

Like Whom Does the Rif Pasken – like Rav Yehudah or the Chachamim? I

Pirtzos, Biblical or Rabbinical proscription? I

The Overwhelming Majority of Achronim Maintain Lo Asu Rabbim U’Mevatlei Mechitzta I

The Overwhelming Majority of Rishonim Maintain Lo Asu Rabbim U’Mevatlei Mechitzta I

The Brilliant Chiddush of the Chazon Ish I

Mefulash

Mefulash According to Most Poskim I

Mefulash According to the Shulchan Aruch I

Shishim Ribo

Are a Vehicle’s Occupants Included in the Shishim Ribo? I

The Requirement of Shishim Ribo: Is It Conditional on a City or a Street I

Shishim Ribo According to the Achronim: A Daily Requirement or Not I

Are There Rishonim Who Require a Daily Shishim Ribo? I

The Overwhelming Majority of Achronim Maintain That the Shishim Ribo Has to Traverse the Street Itself I

Shishim Ribo According to the Shulchan Aruch I

The Overwhelming Majority of Rishonim Maintain that Shishim Ribo is a Criterion of a Reshus Harabbim I

Shishim Ribo – A Mystery Solved Part: I, II

Birur HaShitos ─ Regarding Shishim Ribo Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI

Sechiras Reshus

Sechiras Reshus for Contemporary City Eruvin Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII

Sechiras Reshus According to the Rivash Part: I, II, III

Hilchos Eruvin According to Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l

Key Points Regarding the Permissibility of an Eruv in Brooklyn According to Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l I

The Permissibility of a Brooklyn Eruv According to Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l Part: I, II, III, IVa, IVb, IVc

Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l: The Need For Eruvin I

Is There a Requirement of Delasos According to Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l I

Does Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l Require a Daily Shishim Ribo? I

Does the Eruv Encompass Shishim Ribo? I

Three Million: More or Less? I

Shishim Ribo According to Hagaon Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l Part: I, II

Brooklyn and Queens: Same or Different? I

Yerushalayim of Old and Brooklyn: A Common Thread? I

History

History of City Eruvin: Intro

The Eruv in Krakow Part: I, II, III, IV

The Eruv in St. Louis Part: I, II, III, IV, V

Historical Overview of City Eruvin I

Why is Eruvin Different From Any Other Issue that it Elicits Such a Visceral Response? Part: I, II

The Hundredth-Year Anniversary of the First Eruv in New York 1905-2005 I

The Earliest Reference to Carrying on Shabbos in New York City I

The Kol Korei of the Chemdas Shlomo I

An Eruv in Karlin? I

Meoz U’Mekedem – Exploring the Historical Roots of the Machlokas Regarding Eruvin Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII

The Truth About Warsaw Part: I, II, III, IV

Commentary

Eruv = Tzuras Hapesach I

Specious Arguments Made in the Name of the Mishnah Berurah I

Would the Chazon Ish Have Utilized His Chiddush to Allow an Eruv L’chatchilah? I

Rav Eliyahu Henkin zt”l and an Eruv in New York City Part: I, II

Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l and City Eruvin Part: I

Hagaon Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l’s Reluctance to Pasken Against the Establishment of an Eruv I

Specious Arguments Made in the Name of Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l Against an Eruv in Brooklyn: Part: I, II

Would Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l Allow an Eruv for the Lower East Side of Manhattan? I

Rav Moshe zt"l and the Walking Stick I

The Truth About the Satmar Rebbe and a Williamsburg Eruv Part: I

The Truth About Rav Yonasan Stief zt”l and a Eruv in New York City I

The Truth About Rav Rav Chaim Michoel Dov Weissmandel zt”l and a Eruv in New York City Part: I

Things You Have Always Wanted to Know About the Flatbush Eruv (But Were Never Told) Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV

The 1981 Boro Park Kol Korei Exposed I

The 1979 Flatbush Kol Korei Exposed I

Questions and Answers Regarding the Flatbush Eruv Part: I, II, III

Fiction As Fact? I

A Question and Answer Shiur From HaRav HaGaon Rav Yisroel Belsky Shlita I

Misconceptions in the Los Angeles Eruv Guidebook Part: I, II, III, IV

A Critical Analysis of Rav Yisroel Hirsch’s Critique of Eruvin in Brooklyn Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

The Williamsburg Eruv Imbroglio Continues I

A Letter to the Editor I

The Washington Heights Eruv Controversy I

The Eruv HaMehudar in NW London I

The Jewish Tribune’s Argument Against the NW London Eruv Part: I, II, III

An Open Letter From HaRav Kimchi Shlita I

The Case of the Missing Missive I

My Answer to Some Critique I

The Case of the Vanishing Comment I

Eruvin in the News

New York City I

New York, NY I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Sunnyside, Queens I, II

Far Rockaway/Lawrence, NY I

Westhampton Beach, NY I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

Cornell University, NY I

Swan Lake, NY I

NW London I, II, III

Stamford Hill, London I

Edgware, London I, II, III, IV

Hampstead, London I, II

Borehamwood, London I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Manchester, England I, II

Saint Brice, France I

Eretz Yisroel I

Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem I

Sdei Eliezer, Upper Galilee I

Westmount, Quebec I

Amsterdam I

Tanzania, Africa I

Philadelphia, PA I

Center City, PA I

Somerton, PA I

Wynnewood, PA I, II, III

Lancaster, PA I

Buffalo Grove, IL I

Lynn, MA I, II

Owings Mills, MD I

New Haven, CT I, II, III, IV, V

Denver, CO I

Boulder, CO I, II, III

Palo Alto, CA I, II, III

Oak Park, CA I, II, III, IV, V, VI

Agoura Hills, CA I

Westlake Village, CA I

La Jolla, CA I, II

Venice Beach, CA I, II, III, IV, V, VI,VII

Los Angeles, CA I, II

Berkeley, CA I, II

Tenafly, NJ I, II

Manalapan, NJ I

South Orange, NJ I, II

Dallas, TX I, II

Boynton Beach, FL I, II

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