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Building Communities: A History of the Eruv in America

Building Communities: A History of the Eruv in America

Mintz, Adam

Hardcover

Series: North American Jewish Studies

Judaism

ISBN13: 9798887190822
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: Jan 24 2023
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
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 examines the evolution of American Orthodox communities from the late nineteenth century through the 1960s. The earliest debates reflect a community with low religious observance and weak ties to local government that relied on European rabbis for authority. By the mid-twentieth century, these rabbinic disputes reveal an established, religiously observant community forming its own traditions.

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