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Building Communities - A History of the Eruv in America

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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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

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

About the author

Rabbi Adam Mintz is a Jewish communal leader with a passion for Jewish scholarship.  Rabbi Mintz has served for 30 years as a community rabbi in Manhattan. He is currently the rabbi of Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, a Modern Orthodox synagogue he founded on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 2004. He is also the Director of 929 English, an organization that promotes the daily study of Tanakh. In addition, Rabbi Mintz is a member of the Talmud faculty at Yeshivat Maharat and has taught as an Adjunct Professor at City College, New York. Rabbi Mintz received Rabbinical Ordination (Semicha) from Yeshiva University and a PhD in Jewish History from New York University. Rabbi Mintz lives in Manhattan with his wife Sharon. They have three children and two grandchildren.

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.

Product details

Authors Adam Mintz
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 24.01.2023
 
EAN 9798887190839
ISBN 979-8-88719-083-9
No. of pages 186
Illustrations schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
Series North American Jewish Studies
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism

HISTORY / Social History, comparative religion, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Jewish Studies, Judaism: worship, rites & ceremonies, Judaism: branches & groups

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