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One
Cold, all
Rabbi Yeshay.
Today we will continue with the laws of
Eruvin.
As I said last time, we defined that
there are seemingly four domains on
Shabbat, that's how we started.
We have a private domain, we have a
public domain, we have a Karmelit, we
have a exempt space. The private domain
and the public domain are biblical,
regarding transferring from them,
uprooting, and placing. The Karmelit was
given the status of a public domain by
Rabbinic decree, meaning even in a
private domain it is forbidden to
transfer...Excellent.
And we stated the problems that exist
today. What are the problems that exist
today? Because there is a very
significant dispute among the Rishonim,
a huge one, between 11 or 12 Rishonim
versus 11 or 12 other Rishonim, whether
there is a condition of 600,000 people.
Because in order to be a public domain,
according to the opinion of most
Rishonim—Rashi stands at the head of
them, Rashi repeats this every time—it
must be 16 cubits wide, the size of the
street, open from end to end, and
600,000 people pass through it daily.
That is Rashi. If one of these
conditions is missing, it turns from a
public domain into a Karmelit. And on
the other hand, the Rambam's view, and
also the Rambam and his followers, one
must say many Rishonim hold: No, there
is no condition of 600,000. If there is
no condition of 600,000, it is enough
that there are only two conditions.
Consequently, there are many public
domains today, because there are many
streets that are open from end to end,
they have 16 cubits, so we have a public
domain here. The author brought both
opinions, in the "S'tam"(unattributed)
and the "Yesh Omrim"(some say). It
implies that in the S'tam he brought
like the Rambam, so he rules the law
like the Rambam, and in the Yesh Omrim
he brought the view of Rashi. A great
rule we have: S'tam and Yesh Omrim—the
law follows the S'tam. But the
Ashkenazim, yes, so the Biur Halacha
brings, are accustomed to rely on those
views that say 600,000 are required;
that is the view of Rashi and the Tur.
And if 600,000 are required, today we do
not have 600,000, so it turns into a
Karmelit. What is the practical
difference between the Sephardim and the
Ashkenazim? So that is what we finished
last week. If there is a public domain
status today, it is impossible to solve
the problem through a "Tzurat HaPetach"
(a symbolic doorway). They would need a
fence 10 handbreadths high, with
vertical and horizontal beams. If we
argue it is a Karmelit like most of the
views of the Rishonim that the Biur
Halacha brings, then if it is a Karmelit
, by making a Tzurat HaPetach, as is
customary today in many cities in Israel
, you have solved the problem, and it is
possible to move from private to
Karmelit and Karmelit to private thanks
to the Tzurat HaPetach. Up to here is
what we did last week to reset you on
the subject of Eruvin, but what is it,
in the yeshiva here I gave a general
lecture where we studied for an hour,
actually I gave a general lecture and I
wanted to prove in the general lecture
that today, according to certain views,
there is no public domain status at all
, there is no public domain today, even
for Sephardim there is no public domain
, and if there is no public domain, what
, what are you saying?
>> So when you bring that, everyone is
relieved, yes.
So, so, so...listen, I must say that
when I say this, I always remember a
joke about Rabbi Elyashiv.
That Rabbi Elyashiv asked him—may he
live a long life—Rabbi Zilberstein, who
is his son-in-law, you know what he
calls him: "Morchami,"
"Morchumi," and "Morgisi," Morgisi was
his brother-in-law—the Rabbi, these are
world-renowned giants. In short, he says
: "I asked someone about a certain law,
and he told me that one can be lenient
here." Two weeks later he saw him, he
says to him: "Well, did you allow them
leniency?" He says to him: "Why?" Is it
a leniency that the public cannot endure
? There are leniencies that you cannot [
make], but this lesson really caused a
great stir and still causes a stir. I
must tell you, I proved from a few
recent sources—mainly from Rabbi Menashe
HaKatan, who was called the "Ba'al
Mishneh Halachot" in America—that he
claims there is no*Reshut HaRabim*today
.
He proves it in a very clear way, and
let's say the essence of his words, this
is the summary: he claims that a*Reshut
HaRabim*must be a place where people
pass through like in the desert, the
flags of the desert, passing
continuously without any interruption in
the middle.
He says even in America, on Fifth Avenue
, the public—I don't know who is there—
there is no, there is no ability to pass
through continuously, there is a red
light.
A red light creates a break; when there
is a state of stopping, it can no longer
be called a*Reshut HaRabim*, because by
law you cannot pass without having it
change.
He says, don't call it...the traffic
light changes from red to green, you,
you are not permitted to walk in the
middle of the road. There are cars
passing there, by law you must walk on
the sidewalk. When the public is pushed
to the sides and there is no ability to
pass through continuously, it does not
have the definition of a*Reshut HaRabim
*. That is how he innovates a wonderful
new idea, and he makes one more very
interesting argument—on this he also has
a disagreement with Rabbi Feinstein, zt
"l—he claims that all those passing in
vehicles are not considered as passing
in a*Reshut HaRabim*. Why? Because every
vehicle on its inside is considered a*
Reshut HaYachid*.
After all, the vehicle has four by four
handbreadths, a height of ten
handbreadths, enclosed like a house; it
is a walking apartment. He says, if so,
you cannot count them toward the 600,000
. Either way, Rabbi Menashe is
consistent in his view: there is no
definition of*Reshut HaRabim*. That is
the view of the*Mishneh Halachot*, but
there is someone else who follows his
path, earlier, earlier than him, but
with a completely different definition:
there is no*Reshut HaRabim*. That is the
*Aruch HaShulchan*. The*Aruch HaShulchan
*writes in the chapter dealing with
these definitions, and says:" In my
opinion, today there is no*Reshut
HaRabim*. "Why? He says:" Look, look at
a very beautiful thought. "The*Aruch
HaShulchan*was brilliant in his halachic
perspective.
He says:" The*Reshut HaRabim*that once
was—by the way, it is proven in explicit
Gemaras, a Gemara in Bava Batra...there
was...there was one central*Reshut
HaRabim*, which would lead through the
city from one end to the other;
therefore, it needs to be open-ended. "
They would enter from the*Reshut HaRabim
*into alleyways, and the alleyways
contained courtyards. Anyone familiar
with the Gemara in Eruvin—everyone here
nods their head when I say something
from Shas, everyone here nods
immediately," Shasniks "in the positive
sense of the word—so, so, so...there
were courtyards. So what would happen in
those courtyards?
That you would enter from the alleyways
into a place that has courtyards; there
is an alley and they have courtyards,
and there would always be a" dead end "
sign at the entrance, or an inverted"
dead end "sign.
Why? Because if you want to go out to
another place, you must exit to the
alley from the courtyard.
There is a house, a courtyard, an alley
; from the alley, you exit to the
central public domain, and from there,
you travel on toward Haifa, or Tirat
Carmel.
Fine, excellent, there is no other way.
He says, that is the public domain. The
public domain means a road that the
public passes through, and it is the
only one to lead you from one place to
another.
Today, in our time, he says, you can
exit the city in any direction
whatsoever. There is a protest, say by
the" Peleg, "soon it will be protests by
others.
The" Peleg "will already be in the
coalition then, so others will come
against them and close the road, the...
Everything. It just switches, they
closed Highway 4. So, did it immediately
make you a detour? No problem there from
Ramat Gan: Jordan Road, Aluf Sadeh Road
, Petah Tikva Road, Namir Road. A second
direction; you can exit Ramat Gan from
ten places toward the roads. So what is
called a public domain? That from any
place I can exit, it does not force the
public to pass through it. It doesn't
force the public to pass through it, it
is not a public domain—that is what the
Aruch HaShulchan renews. Whether it's a
hill or not a hill, Rabbi Avi Noam says
otherwise. In short, from both these
directions, it is clear that...now I
will tell you, Sephardim can rely on it
. After all, the whole problem is for
Sephardim: how can Sephardim rely on a"
tzurat hapesach "(doorway shape) if, by
definition, they have a status of a
public domain? One can rely on the
Mishneh Halachot, one can rely on the
Aruch HaShulchan, and one can rely on
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul, of blessed
memory, who argues that even for
Sephardim today, it is permissible to
rely on a" tzurat hapesach. "We don't
need a public domain because today in
almost no city is there an Eruv that
Sephardim can also rely upon. In small
settlements that have a fence around
them, a wall and a tower, there is no
problem at all for Sephardim; it is
permitted l'chatchila. But in the other
large cities, take Petah Tikva, take Tel
Aviv, there is no chance at all of such
a thing existing. What do Sephardim rely
on when they carry? Look at the Or
LeZion on page 128, 21.
The Or LeZion says thus: one can be
lenient and carry in times of need in
towns where they make an Eruv of" tzurat
hapesach, "relying on the city having
three doubts in its favor: the first
doubt is the view of Rashi and his
school, if there are not 600,000 people
traversing it. On any given day, we are
not concerned about a Torah-level public
domain, and for me, there is no public
domain defined by Torah law at all. It
could be that the Halacha is like Rashi
. And not according to the Rambam's view
, the first doubt, and even if you were
to say that where it is a public domain
, like the Rambam, the view of the Rosh
and the Ran and their followers is that
the" form of the doorway "(tzurat
hapesach) works, even by placing four
poles in a valley, and for them, our
Eruv around the city is valid. The view
of the Rosh and the Ran: that the" form
of the doorway "is also effective for a
place called a public domain like a
valley, and the Chazon Ish explains that
this view of the Rambam is well-founded
. And even if you were to say that it
doesn't work, it has been proven
according to the Rambam and the Shulchan
Aruch, that biblically, in any case, it
works if the standing parts are more
than the broken parts, and not by the"
form of the doorway "if there is a
breach larger than 10 cubits, right?
More. Now tell me, the mountains around
have buildings, so it is" standing parts
are more than the broken parts "even if
there is a distance of more than 10
cubits between them. And according to
the explanation of the Beit Ephraim and
the Chazon Ish, it turns out that all
our streets are blocked by them and are
considered a private domain biblically.
The Or LeZion innovates that all our
streets are a private domain biblically
. Why?
Because they are blocked by buildings
and it is more" standing than broken, "
so it is all a private domain according
to his view, even the" form of the
doorway "would not be needed according
to the third explanation, so according
to the Or LeZion there are three doubts
, a triple doubt.
>> We learned this in the previous lesson
too, we learned it in the previous
lesson.
>> Oh excellent, excellent, so it's good
that we reviewed it to emphasize, if so
, then abroad I can carry?
>> Yes, but don't rely on everything.
>> I, I...
>> If our streets are...yes yes, but but
but...
>> I travel, I go abroad, I carry, I don't
...
>> You are right, you are right, seemingly
it would be possible based on this to be
very lenient even abroad, but I am sorry
to announce that no, they didn't take
this as a definitive thing, it is an
individual view, one view, not everyone
relies on it, but it does count as a
combination for another triple doubt
that Sephardim can rely on, but to jump
on this immediately like finding great
spoils and going to carry abroad, slowly
, slowly.
>> Because abroad there isn't even the"
form of the doorway, "so it's just a
doubt.
>> Abroad there is nothing, except for
Muslims, there is nothing, there is
nothing in the whole day.
>> There is also a strict side to this, no
? If it's considered a private domain
biblically, then the practical
difference is also to carry from there
in a public domain...ah, if it is public
? Yes yes, naturally, if on the sides it
will be a public domain also, right,
naturally, you are saying its leniency
is its strictness in the end.
>> Why? But it is more of a leniency,
because he brings it as a combination
with the major leniencies. In short, the
law...the Sephardim, many Sephardim who
fear God and respect His name, do not
carry in a place where there is only a"
form of the doorway, "they are careful,
they give to little children, they give
to a non-Jew, ah...they give it to
someone else, they give it to all sorts
of people.
But any Sephardi who wants to carry in
the cities, he certainly has someone to
rely on, there is no problem at all.
Possibly, I must tell you that the
Ashkenazi authorities say that for
Ashkenazim, even ideally, it is proper
not to carry; if you have no choice,
carry. In short, with the Eruv it turns
out one way or another they are being
included.
>> Things get mixed up, yes, yes, they get
mixed up in this matter. I just wrote
here in [point] 22 that it's worth
noting that among the Sephardim, many
are accustomed to being strict and not
carrying, except when it comes to
settlements in places like many places
in Judea and Samaria, and Sephardim who
rely on*tzurat hapesach*have someone to
rely on. So much for the end of last
week, now Rabbi Yitz, let's deal with it
.
>> According to the*Mishnah Berurah*,
basically, since the Exodus from Egypt,
there hasn't really been a*reshut
harabim*(public domain).
>> Yes, unless they walk in the desert
storm, in Morocco, in Morocco, if in
Morocco the Moroccans walk in the desert
storm, they walk continuously and no one
stops them there.
>> What, 600,000 Moroccans? Yes, that's not
a lot.
Rashi says.
>> In Thailand and such, there are always
many people, so there...
>> A place that has the capacity for
600,000 people to walk, on foot, on foot
.
>> No, if in Thailand they don't have cars
for everyone, then maybe there too.
>> It's possible, and they say 600,000,
full of Thais.
>> Full of Thais, no, yes.
>> Rabbi Moshe Levy would not carry; I
remember him coming on Shabbat to give
lectures.
>> Ah, he was a righteous man, a foundation
of the world, it was the*yahrzeit*of the
Rabbi, he was strict about carrying.
>> He was strict about the matter because
he ruled according to the opinion of the
*Mechaber*, who ruled that opinion, yes
. But in any case, the*Yalkut Yosef*
mentions that he was also strict, if
someone wants to rely on it, they have
someone to rely on.
>> Everything is for a need; why carry for
no reason?
It's fine, therefore it's good to be in
a settlement that has a wall and a tower
. There are such settlements. Whoever
wants to come afterwards, I will
recommend it to them, just let them
prepare the mortgage.
Sometimes [people] come to talk to me
about the bank. Ah, ah, *Amidar*, the
tenants told him that it was possible to
vacate houses there.
I am talking about Judea and Samaria;
today it is also expensive, but highly
recommended, Givat Shomron, but...
>> They rely there on...
>> Other reasons.
>> Yes, I must say they rely there on*
tzurat hapesach*. By the way, last
Shabbat, it was the first Shabbat that
our guys were there. Friday we spent the
whole day with the*eruv*there, and thank
God we made an*eruv*. But an*eruv*, an*
eruv*, not just*tzurat hapesach*,
because there everything, thank God, is
open, and the open spaces there will be
a place for walking. There will be, God
willing, hundreds of families there, and
God willing, a large Yeshiva is supposed
to open there. What did we do? They
relied on a*tel mitlaket*(collecting
mound), *tel mitlaket*includes*tzurat
hapesach*at the entrance of Givat. There
was an*eruv*, come on, let's be a rabbi
, they did it on Friday, it was, it was
great.
>> There wasn't a surrounding partition.
>> What, there wasn't a surrounding
partition? It wasn't needed. *
>> Tzurat hapesach*and how, what?*
>> Tel mitlaket*, 45 degrees of*tel*all
around, they are located on such a, ah,
this is Shomron, no, Shomron.
>> Yes, this is Giva, right, Givat, very
beautiful, not an*eruv*, a beautiful,
sophisticated*eruv*, not such an*eruv*
of just taking*tzurat hapesach*and some
wire.
>> Today there are 12 families, thank God.
By Hanukkah, there will be 25 families,
God willing. And next week a Yeshiva
goes up there, already 15 young lions
who are going up to study Torah there.
We already have a head of the*Beit
Midrash*, there is already registration
for Elul. Whoever wants to spend Shabbat
there is invited; maybe we will do the*
tzeva tova*there on Thursday.
Cookies won't get there, that I can tell
you.
Ha.
>> Yes, for the Eruv there, it's a good
idea with the heaps. Army, it’s the army
there, army, army, come with the heaps.
Their hawk is a hawk, uh,
Moyer and Revoysey.
We are now moving on to briefly explain
to you about the" form of a doorway.
"How does the form of a doorway work for
someone who is in the field with their
kids, I don’t know, in some forest, and
wants to act out Little Red Riding Hood
, to retell them the story and do it in
the forest, how do they do it?
Soldiers are in the field. Often
soldiers are in the field on Shabbat and
they need to know how to set up the form
of a doorway.
We were in a military rabbinate course
with the private rabbi, may he live,
Rabbi Yosef Bardy, he was our spiritual
guide in the military rabbinate course
in the army.
So he took us, we spent a Shabbat with
him in the field, it was a special
Shabbat, not talking about the cholent
and all those things, but we made an
Eruv there, a Shabbat Eruv, he taught
them how to make an Eruv in the field.
It was special, learning with him
together in the middle of the forest in
the middle of nowhere, 30 students of
the rabbinate course with the rabbi, he
came with the Sefot and the backpack for
the Shabbat.
You can't forget that Shabbat, uh, it
was really a great experience. So so so
so we will now explain a bit how to make
an Eruv using the form of a doorway. So
I will say it just in a way, let’s start
with the Shulchan Aruch. The Shulchan
Aruch says, source 23, page 131: What is
the form of a doorway? A reed here and a
reed here and a reed on top of them,
that is the form of a doorway. Two reeds
, actually in the end you need to have
four reeds, meaning in every corner of
the place there will be one reed, and
one reed on top of them, passing,
passing something, hanging over them.
This is an Eruv. The form of a doorway
creates for us the entire Karmelit we
have in the city as a private domain,
yes? Even if it doesn't touch them, but
there is some space between them, it
doesn't matter.
There is a pillar here, 10 handbreadths
, there is some pillar passing above it
, even at a large distance–what is that
called?
Gud Asik.
I view it as if the bottom pillar goes
upward and touches it virtually.
Rabbi Israel, the term" virtual "was
already created by our Sages 2,000 years
ago. The world today–I always tell my
students: The world is lagging behind,
behind, behind. The Sages are lagging,
obviously.
It’s unbelievable, the whole concept of
" unsada, "which is" unsada "like on the
net, famous on the net. I told them:
Everyone knows" unsada, "only today they
made a network, like, everyone, it
became viral." Unsada "is viral. The
world lags behind the Torah, lags, and
it will take it hundreds of years more
to advance to the understanding of the
Torah. So here, our Sages allowed that
you have Gud Asik theoretically, or for
instance" lavud, "the same idea, right?
It is as if it is connected–it is
connected, even theoretically, and this
is how you can surround the entire area
completely. What you see today in the
big cities—when you travel along the
outskirts of the cities, you see poles,
poles, poles standing, and above them is
a wire.
But the wire there isn't exactly above;
it's wrapped, or there's a situation
where, say, if it's a pole, they put
something else small on top and wrap the
thing around it, then continue on.
In the end, it’s as if the wire passing
over the pole—even if it has some little
protrusion sticking out of it—can
surround the entire city. And that is
how they manage the matter of the"
tzurat ha-petach "(doorway form) today.
This is what the Mechaber says: provided
that the reeds are fixed here and there
, 10 handbreadths, and are aligned with
the top reed. What does" aligned with
the top reed "mean? That they should be
aligned upwards. Many times when we made
" eruvim "in various makeshift places,
we didn’t—it wasn't organized like every
tidy Ashkenazi city that has reeds set
up from above; sometimes there are
cities in the periphery that don't have
it arranged.
So what do we do? We rely on electric
poles.
You place a pole under an electric pole
, check that the pole underneath is
exactly above the electric wire that
runs there, and thus the electric wire
itself becomes part of the composition
of the eruv.
How would we check this? I don’t know if
it was permitted or forbidden.
You take a stone with a string, throw it
over the electric pole's wire, pull it
down, and see that it is exactly above
the pole.
Here, you have another pole that can
join the rest of the poles for the"
tzurat ha-petach. "Okay? Or you take a
large barrel, there is a large barrel. I
remember once when I was returning from
the army from Samaria, from Beitar Illit
. I remember, it was a Friday, at the
Segula junction. There was the city
rabbi of Petah Tikva, our Rabbi Solomon
, yes, he was a great Torah scholar.
I see him with his hat and rabbinical
attire, looking with the barrel over the
electric pole to align it. He is the
city rabbi himself, he was a righteous
Jew, a great Torah scholar. So [the]
Mechaber: [you] always merit great Torah
scholars. Also Rabbi Michel Levy, also
Rabbi Shalom, Rabbi Malka. So I went
immediately, I told him:" Rabbi, move,
move for a second, it’s not dignified,
I’m a soldier in uniform. "So I moved it
for him. He was happy to the heavens.
That’s how he would go and check place
by place that the barrels were exactly
above the electric pole so that there
would be a situation of" tzurat
ha-petach. "This is what the Mechaber
says: 10 handbreadths, even several
cubits above, if it is accurate, there
is no problem, it is perfectly fine. Now
I want to read you something very
interesting, that today abroad in many
cities there are already eruvin today
for those who travel, unless a person
travels to completely makeshift places.
Also, for example, to Argentina, to
remote places, for example there is the
" Sukat David "of Rabbi...uh, what is
his name? A great Torah scholar.
There is one in São Paulo, but what’s
nice about cities abroad is that
everywhere they set up an Eruv, some
people carry and some do not.
There is no one place where everyone is
settled on the Eruv. I mean, it's part
of the deal; if you want to appear"
frummer, "you’re on the side that
doesn't carry, you have to see which
side you carry on. And that’s how it
organizes the cities in a very orderly
way, with Jews dispersed, separated
among the nations, scattered, and also
divided—yes, one relies on it, one
doesn’t. There is no Eruv abroad that
everyone relies on, everyone trusts, but
that's fine.
There was an Eruv they set up in
Brooklyn, and the Satmar Hasidim made a
whole mess there; like, they said they
don't carry, but some of them...in short
, I only know one thing: they once
opposed the ruling of the Rabbi, of
Rabbi Feinstein, Satmar in New York, the
ruling of Rabbi Feinstein.
And then one day, the Rebbe sees them
getting ready for something, he asks:"
Where are you going? "They said:" We are
going to demonstrate against the ruling
of the Rav. "He says to them:" And if he
speaks to you in Torah study, what will
you do? "" Go back home quickly, you
bunch of fools!
"" Going to demonstrate against Rabbi
Feinstein?
"" Fools like them, to demonstrate?
You know, look at the description. "The
Chatam Sofer, in source 25, the Chatam
Sofer says:" My friend, the Rabbi, may
his light shine, asked me. "Look, this
is...I’m reading this to you because the
description is very beautiful, how he
describes that in Pressburg they made an
Eruv, and it is a merit to clarify for
people the words of our Sages that it is
proper and right for the entire
congregation of Israel, in all their
dwelling places, to repair their
alleyways with repairs:" Tzurot HaPetach
"(door frames). It is fitting that in
every place there should be a door frame
or another such repair, so that the
majority of the public does not stumble
when carrying from domain to domain on
the holy Sabbath. This matter requires
no proof, and it is understood by logic
, and also by the way of our Sages.
Logic dictates, since it is known that
observing the holy Sabbath by refraining
from all work is one of our main
commandments; there is nothing like
Shabbat. He who desecrates the Sabbath
in public, gentlemen, is disqualified
from testifying, he is considered as one
who serves idols (the Gemara in Chullin
), he is one who does not observe its
rules, he is an apostate regarding the
entire Torah. Already in Tractate Eruvin
, the prohibition of carrying from a
public domain to a private one is one of
those forbidden labors where one who
transgresses them is considered an
apostate for the entire Torah. Don't
forget that in carrying from a public
domain to a private one, one is liable
according to Rabbi Israel. Now look at
his description:" And blessed be the God
of Israel who put it into the hearts of
kings, princes, and ministers, among
whom the people of God find refuge, that
they grant permission to keep our
religion in general. "" I hope that here
, too, in particular, we will establish
Eruvin, even in alleys where the great
of the kingdom live, if they need to
permit [carrying for] Israel—they grant
permission to fix it. "And who is
greater than our city, Pressburg, the
metropolis of the state, isn't that
precious? And how many times the king,
may his glory be seen, and his ministers
and deputies stop here, and at this time
, the state council and all the
ministers of the kingdom gather. There
is one place here that needs a Tzurath
HaPethach (door-like structure) with two
reeds and a beam over them, and one
place near the seas, near the water, has
a different fix: a high beam. Everything
is according to need, and nothing is
hidden, no one is shaming us, and the
matters are public and open, there is no
doubt here. So far, one need not
elaborate further, and it is clear that
my colleague the Rabbi will strive with
all his might to fix his community
members. May the Name grant you to be
among the great men, the pious one of
the Bishop, president of the free, and
grant permission to remove obstacles,
and in His grace, may he see his
splendor and his glory. Look, look at
the pilpulim (subtle arguments), how the
Chatam Sofer praises the king.
Also Rabbi Palacci, of blessed memory,
the same thing—whenever he writes, he
writes about Sultan Abdülaziz, praising
him, honoring him. He gave him authority
in Edirne, that there should be no
Shabbat desecration in the city, and if
there is such a person, Rabbi Palacci
has the authority to arrest him, fine
him, and so on.
>> They send inspectors.
>> Inspectors, inspectors, what a mess
there was.
>> Yes, in short, that is why I say today
that in many cities abroad, thank God, I
remember that in Andoper in my time
there was already an Eruv, a very
interesting Eruv with a Tzurath
HaPethach with a vertical reed, with
water, all the possible combinations.
>> That there were...in São Paulo, I know
that in New York, there are many places
today with an Eruv, and I was involved
in establishing the Eruv in Hungary,
what is the main city called there?
>> Budapest, yes, also back then, what is
there also...
>> I don’t know, in Buda or in Pest, I
don’t know. Are there any specific laws
?
Someone just called me on the phone:"
Shmirat Shabbat Kehilchata, "what
happens if in a certain place the Eruv
suddenly breaks?
It often happens that the Tzurath
HaPethach Eruv tears; there are winds,
there are storms.
A truck passed by with a high antenna,
and the higher the truck, the higher the
antenna, and so it tore the Eruv.
What happens in such a case? There are
three options for what to do: the best
option is a non-Jew. We call a non-Jew;
it is a matter involving the public, if
he can do even a rabbinical task, to tie
the string or repair it—excellent. If
there is no other choice, he can even do
a Torah-level task, say a double knot or
a knot like that, and it is also fine.
If that is not possible, a Jew can tie
it with a rabbinical prohibition.
For example, tying, uh, a bow knot.
Yes, there is no problem with a bow knot
, a ribbon knot, there is no problem at
all doing it. But a Jew is not permitted
to make a knot upon a knot or to wrap it
, that is not possible.
A third option—not to inform the public
. There is the Eruv breakdown here.
Since some cannot manage without
carrying, they are already used to
carrying everywhere they go.
Go tell them now, in the middle of
Shabbat, that they cannot take their
children, cannot leave the house with
bags to the garden, give apples to the
kids—that is a problem.
In Antwerp there is an Eruv, there is a
vacation city people go to called Knokke
.
In Belgium, a different place. A tour.
>> Yes, I will take you.
It's only, what, it's only one-way in,
yes, it's only one direction, there
after you enter they will burn the, the
area, so, so, so there was a...
>> What?
>> There were...
>> Yes, yes. The arrival will be, the
arrivals will also be specifically. It's
good there, I, I will recommend it to
you later. So in short, they arrived,
arrived in Knokke. In Knokke, there is
no Eruv. They saw Jews carrying on
Shabbos, they said to him: What are you
? Carrying. He says: I am from Antwerp.
Who is that? It is a law of the person,
it is not a law of the place. So it is
not, Rabbi, it is not a law of the
person. The place a person needs to be,
therefore if there are people who are
unable not to carry, it is better not to
notify them. Yes, we notify the modest
ones, those who will listen, you need to
tell them: Listen, do not carry. But in
public, since it could be this, and
since this is a rabbinical law—after all
, it is only rabbinical, it is a
Karmelit—for this we say: It is better
that they be inadvertent sinners than
intentional ones.
>> But one Rabbi ruins the whole thing.
>> One, one, one place, one spot that is
called, the whole" Tzurat HaPetach "was
lost.
>> There is no" Lomed Merubeh Perot. "
>> No, no, it doesn't, it doesn't stand, if
it stood, the shape of one is called,
everything is problematic, more on the
laws of Eruv and their details next time
, may we live many good years.
Shabbat Shalom.