Eruv Online: January 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 26

Verizon Sues 3 Towns on Behalf of Jews

By Adam Klasfeld

Brooklyn (CN) - Verizon sued three Long Island towns on behalf of observant Jews. The villages prohibit the phone company from posting "lechis" on utility poles - little strips that create an "eruv," or zone where Orthodox Jews can carry objects or push baby carriages or wheelchairs to synagogue on the Sabbath and on Yom Kippur.

Verizon New York and co-plaintiff Long Island Lighting Co. say the towns must allow Orthodox Jews to tie the lechis to utility poles, to comply with religious observances. Read on...

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 25

Eruv Suit In Hamptons Fueling New Tensions

Federal action by eruv supporters seeks to bypass towns; ‘the real Jewish
people in village oppose it.’

By Stewart Ain

There are observant Jews in the Village of Westhampton Beach who have had to hire gentiles to push their baby carriages, strollers and wheelchairs alongside them so they could attend synagogue on the Sabbath and Yom Kippur.

But a federal lawsuit filed last week — which is leading to renewed tensions between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews in the East End resort area — is designed to put an end to that. If successful, it would allow congregants to erect an eruv, or symbolic boundary, that would permit them to perform such actions, as well as the carrying of such things as house keys, reading glasses, books and identification outside of the home without violating Jewish law. Read on...

Friday, January 14, 2011

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 24

Lawsuit Filed in Hamptons Religious Symbol Fight

Garden City, N.Y. — A long-simmering controversy over whether Orthodox Jews can place a religious symbol on utility poles in a Hamptons community on eastern Long Island appears headed to court.

Attorneys for the East End Eruv Association have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming officials in the town of Southampton and villages of Westhampton Beach and Quogue are intentionally infringing on their religious freedom by not allowing the placement of an "eruv." Read on...

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 23

Hamptons Religious Fight Starts Up

By Jessica DiNapoli

The battle over a symbolic religious boundary in the Hamptons is heating up again.

The East End Eruv Association filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Thursday claiming that local officials are infringing on their religious freedom by not allowing them to create an eruv encircling Quogue, Westhampton Beach and unincorporated areas of Southampton Town. An eruv is typically delineated by U-shaped PVC piping on utility poles and allows observant Jewish people to push and carry objects on the Sabbath, activities usually forbidden. Read on...

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 22

East End Eruv Association Sues Local Municipalities

By Erica Jackson

The East End Eruv Association issued a press release Wednesday afternoon saying that it has filed lawsuits against the Village of Quogue, the Village of Westhampton Beach and the Town of Southampton. The association is arguing that their constitutional and civil rights have been violated in their effort to create a symbolic eruv boundary around the municipalities.

“Our efforts for rational discussion and fair treatment have been met with harsh words and obvious discrimination,” said Marvin Tenzer, president EEEA in the release. “These villages and town are violating our constitutional and civic rights by engaging in an active campaign to obstruct our ability to practice our religion.” Read on...

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 21

Hamptons Eruv Dispute Heads to Court

By Sumathi Reddy

An Orthodox Jewish group trying to erect an eruv in the Hamptons filed a suit in federal court Thursday, alleging that local officials are discriminating against them and violating their constitutional right to freedom of religion.

The East End Eruv Association is suing officials in the villages of Westhampton Beach and Quogue, as well as Southampton town. Read on...

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 20

Group Pushing For Religious Boundary Files Suit

By Michelle Trauring

Advocates looking to establish a largely symbolic religious boundary in western Southampton Town filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court on Thursday, alleging that local elected officials are discriminating against Jewish people by blocking the boundary’s establishment, according to the litigation.

The East End Eruv Association, a not-profit group that has been pushing for the establishment of the boundary, called an eruv, since last year, and a handful of local residents are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which, among other things, demands that the villages of Westhampton Beach and Quogue, as well as Southampton Town, drop all objections to the boundary’s establishment. Read on...

Monday, January 03, 2011

Eruvin in the News: Westhampton Beach, NY 19

Westhampton Eruv Battle Rages On

By Lisa Finn

The Long Island Power Authority and Verizon have yet to respond to correspondence from the Village of Quogue and Town of Southampton regarding a proposal by the East End Eruv Association to create an eruv boundary on utility poles around parts of Quogue, Westhampton Beach and the Town of Southampton.

An eruv is symbolic boundary erected so Torah-observant Orthodox Jews can push strollers or engage in tasks otherwise not allowed on the Sabbath. Read on...

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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: Whose Obligation I
The Obligation of Eruvin I
Does Anyone Have a Right to Override a Mitzvah d’Rabbanan? I
Can the Minority Compel the Majority to Establish an Eruv? 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
Houses as Mechitzos: Exclusive to 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? I
Shishim Ribo According to the Achronim: A Daily Requirement or Not I
Are There Rishonim Who Require a Daily Shishim Ribo? I
Rashi and the Criterion of Shishim Ribo: Conditional on a Street or a City? 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
The Reprinting of the Berlin Edition of the Behag 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, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII

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: A New Discovery, Part: I, II
Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l: The Need For Eruvin I
Kol Koreis Versus Rav Moshe Feinstein Zt”l’s Teshuvos 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, VI, VII, VIII, IX
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, XIII, XIV, XV
Eruvin in Pre-War Europe: An Eyewitness Account I
A Purim Line From the Past I
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 Henkin’s Final Opinion on the Manhattan Eruv Part: I, II, III, IV, V
Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l and City Eruvin Part: I
A Startling Discovery I, II
Fiction As Fact? 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
HaRav Dovid Feinstein Shlita and the Flatbush Eruv Controversy I
Rabbi Ruven Feinstein on His Father’s Shitos in Eruvin 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 Chaim Michoel Dov Weissmandel zt”l and a Eruv in New York City Part: I, II
In His Own Words: HaRav Wosner Shlita Clarifies His Position on Eruvin I
Harav Yechezkel Besser zt”l: 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
The 1981 Boro Park Kol Korei Exposed I
The 1979 Flatbush Kol Korei Exposed Part: I, II
In Light of New Evidence: Revisiting Brooklyn’s Kol Koreis I
Questions and Answers Regarding the Flatbush Eruv Part: I, II, III
A Call to End the Double Standard I
Such is the “Matzav” I
Rebuttal to the Laws of an Eruv Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII
Rebuttal to the Laws of an Eruv - Hebrew Section Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX
Chukei Chaim: Eruvin Rebuttal Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII
The Truth Regarding Rt. 9 and an Eruv in Lakewood Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
Lakewood Eruvin: The Truth Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII
Punch “Lines”: An Eruv Comedy I
Arichas Shulchan HaLevi: Rejoinder to HaGaon HaRav Belsky Shlita, Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
My Response to the Responsa – Shulchan Halevi Part: I, II
A Question and Answer Shiur From HaRav HaGaon Rav Yisroel Belsky Shlita I
Gezeiros and More: HaRav Shlomo Pearl Shlita on the Brooklyn and Queens Eruvin, Part: I, II, III, IV
Misconceptions in the Los Angeles Eruv Guidebook Part: I, II, III, IV
Commentary on Eruvin Shiurim by Rabbi Shraga Kallus, Part: I, II, III, IVa, IVb, IVc, V Series 2, Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb
A Critical Analysis of the Bais Va’ad L’Chachamim Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX
A Critical Analysis of Rav Yisroel Hirsch’s Critique of Eruvin in Brooklyn Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
The Flatbush/Williamsburg Eruv Imbroglio Continues I
The Williamsburg Eruv Imbroglio Continues I
The Williamsburg Eruv: Eruvin and Politics I
A Letter to the Editor I
The Washington Heights Eruv Controversy I
The Opinion of the Chacham Tzvi, the Bais Ephraim, and the Mahari Asad Regarding London I
The Opinion of the Ohel Yaakov Regarding London I
A The Truth Regarding the Stamford Hill Eruv Part: I, II, III
A Critical Analysis of the London Anti-Eruv Kuntres Part: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
The Stamford Hill Eruv Imbroglio Continues Part: I, II, III, IV
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

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New York, NY I, II, III, IV, V, VI
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Sunnyside, Queens I, II
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Travel Advisory I
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