tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post7036356073776299326..comments2024-03-29T01:21:09.549-04:00Comments on YGB - יג"ב: Just stumbled across these guidelinesYosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-48794962846091116492013-11-05T01:49:07.712-05:002013-11-05T01:49:07.712-05:00I thought you might like this eruv video, aired on...I thought you might like this eruv video, aired on Fox News in 2004: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0d7JybJxkHadleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-35924082046018222742013-02-25T16:42:00.401-05:002013-02-25T16:42:00.401-05:00It is Rabbi Jachter's compilation of Halachic ...It is Rabbi Jachter's compilation of Halachic discussions, among which are pieces on the laws of eruvin.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Gray-matter-discourses-contemporary-halachah/dp/0967070538</a>Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-61446829889733847762013-02-25T13:40:45.170-05:002013-02-25T13:40:45.170-05:00What is "Gray Matter volume 1" and what ...What is "Gray Matter volume 1" and what does it have to do with eruvin?Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-46694498802663202742013-02-03T01:45:07.345-05:002013-02-03T01:45:07.345-05:00The YU eruv is very simple and straightforward. Si...The YU eruv is very simple and straightforward. Since Manhattan has not had above-ground wiring since the Great Blizard of 1888, and has taken down most of the elevated train lines, eruvin in Manhattan need to put up their own wiring. As long as that's done right, there are very few other problems with which to contend. Certainly no karpeifos to speak of. No utility pole issues. No big deal.Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-50465821763343251972013-02-02T22:45:59.615-05:002013-02-02T22:45:59.615-05:00In Washington Heights, the YU Eruv is toured by Ra...In Washington Heights, the YU Eruv is toured by Rav Shechter every year on foot as part of the Eruvin Halacha l'Maaseh class. Rav Shechter explains the different issues at each point and students ask him questions - it's quite common for the eruv to be adjusted that week following the tour because Rav Shechter felt that it could be made a little bit more mehudar.<br /><br />That's the posek. The Rav of the Eruv joins him on that tour and is also one of the regular eruv checkers. I'd say that he probably checks the eruv personally about 5 times a year. <br /><br />Since the YU eruv uses no lechis only walls and lines on top of light poles, the eruv requires very little fixing week-to-week. The biggest issue is scaffolding which Rav Shechter holds is a psul d'oraita when a line passes over another reshut hayachid.Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-7217001937903450632013-01-31T15:15:50.214-05:002013-01-31T15:15:50.214-05:00Not very often. :-(Not very often. :-(Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-79450607533811578712013-01-31T02:19:28.324-05:002013-01-31T02:19:28.324-05:00RYGB:
"4. He must be involved in the inspect...RYGB:<br /><br />"4. He must be involved in the inspection of the Eruv on a regular basis. Ideally (although it is most often impractical), the Rav should be the one who inspects the Eruv each week as did the Chazon Ish in Bnei Brak reportedly did every Friday morning even in the most inclement weather (Pe’eir HaDor 2:136 and 285). Similarly, the Chafetz Chaim’s son (Dugma MiDarkei Avi zt”l 63:14) writes that his father “scrupulously supervised the Eruvin in his city”. Experience teaches that when community rabbis do not attend to the community Eruv, the Kashrut of the Eruv deteriorates. The community Rav should conduct a full walking inspection of the Rav at least once a year. The <br />best (though not always practical) way to conduct a yearly inspection of an Eruv is to inspect it on foot. One notices things on foot that one does not notice while being driven."<br /><br />In your experience, how common are these guidelines followed?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com