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Tackling One of the Most Complex Areas of Jewish Law with Smartphones and Data Bases
But eruv builders must still deal with blizzards and wild animals the old-fashioned way.
In 1896, the Jews of St. Louis, Missouri established an eruv, a legal fiction usually involving string, wire, and posts (and in modern times, telephone and electrical cables) that gives part of a city or neighborhood the status of a single courtyard—allowing the observant to carry items outdoors on the Sabbath. Now there are an estimated 350 eruvin in the U.S. and Canada. The laws governing the eruv are complex; they are usually established in consultation with rabbinic specialists, and require weekly checking and regular maintenance. Merri Ukraincik explains how new technology has transformed this process:
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