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Building Communities : A History of the Eruv in America / Adam Mintz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: North American Jewish StudiesPublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9798887190846
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.8/320973 23/eng/20221013
LOC classification:
  • BM685 .M528 2023
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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