Wednesday April 18, 2007

“If you have been to Miami Beach, maybe you have noticed a thin string, strung out from poles along the beach. It’s the eruv (eruv chatzeirot), a symbolic enclosure required by Judaism in order to allow certain activities, most notably carrying, that can only be done inside a shared enclosed space during Sabbath.” — Alex

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  1. stephanie    Thu Apr 19, 12:03 AM #  

    interesting, i never knew that (and im a jew)