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From: mls@wxlvax.UUCP (Michael Schneider)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Eruv question
Message-ID: <318@wxlvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 08:41:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 08:41:58 1984
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The construction of an Eruv is highly complex.  At the present time I am head
of a committee in New Haven that is looking into constructing one.  What
you look for are entities that can be used as borders.  This can be a wall
of a minimum height, a river, a series of "doors" (a usual method is to use
existing wires with poles *directly* below them, etc.  Further, there are a
number of entities that can not be contained within the borders: large bodies
of water (with some exceptions), land of some minimum size from which one can
not obtain benefit (such as a graveyard), etc.  Further there is the question
of the number of people that will be contained within the area. I do not
consider myself an expert in this area.  We are working with the rabbis 
who will be effected.  Further, once we have the plans completed, we will bring
in an expert in these matters.

By the way, the Eruv is the food, not the area.

M.L. Schneider