Building Communities : : A History of the Eruv in America / / Adam Mintz.
Jewish law forbids carrying objects between private or public areas on the Sabbath. However, rabbinic authorities deemed carrying permissible within a physical enclosure called an eruv. This book explores the rabbinic debates surrounding the creation of such enclosures in North American cities and e...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | North American Jewish Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. History of the Eruv
- 2. The St. Louis Eruv
- 3. The East Side of Manhattan Eruv
- 4. The Toronto Eruv
- 5. The Manhattan Eruv, 1949–1962
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index