Comments:

John Bailey - 2006-10-31 00:10:39
That's fascinating, Doug, and something entirely new to me. Thought provoking...:)
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Leah - 2006-10-31 01:28:41
In response to your query in your notify, eruv is basically pronounced "air-of".
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Denver doug - 2006-10-31 03:19:33
Thanks Leah, I wonder, do you have a blog, diary or journal ?
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Stephanie - 2006-10-31 04:50:44
Very interesting, and I love your idea about building our own eruvs mentally, and allowing "each group to go their own way without interfering with others lives."
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Deb - 2006-10-31 09:02:13
I just wonder about the rationalization that keeps the "sacred law" but makes a series of artifical constructs to make it more convenient.
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l'empress - 2006-10-31 09:42:55
I was raised Orthodox, and I'm familiar with the concept of "no work outside of your home." But, like a lot of the Jewish population, I altered the concept to fit my own. (And no, I won't go to hell for it.) A baby needs to be carried, so you carry it. Wherever. (Not in the store, because you don't shop on the Sabbath.) If it's raining -- or even cloudy, you can carry an umbrella. And if you bring your own books to synagogue, as my father did, you don't have to ask a child to carry it for you. There are a lot of "forbidden tasks" that women do, regardless of the day. You might ignore the needs of a pet (though you shouldn't), but it's impossible to ignore an infant. Judaism never forbade common sense.
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LA - 2006-10-31 10:01:41
Funny, there's always been eruv around here. The Shabbos Zones (as they are called in the local vernacular) are just part of the fabric of our lives. Odd to think of places and people who've never heard of such a thing. In wee town in our neighboring county the high school kids did the leg work to establish a new eruv as part of their community service requirements. The local orthodox population had boomed and the lack of an established eruv was a real hardship on some of the families. So the kids pitched in. A true case of 'walls making good neighbors'. ~LA
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Sunshyn - 2006-10-31 11:49:07
The Orthodox Jews were just denied an eruv in the Southern California beach towns. I wondered, when I read the article in the paper this weekend, what would keep people from tripping over the string. Guess I didn't read that well - up high. Oh.
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mz. em - 2006-10-31 16:39:57
This was a great story and I learned something new. Thanks for sharing.
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bb - 2006-11-01 11:50:30
Never heard of that for sure, nor seen any in my neighborhood.
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