Cleveland Heights is happy to announce that the new Eruv has been built and is ready to be used. Look for more details to come about the various enhancements involved and how this project came together.
Click here for a map of the eruv clearly listing its boundaries.
The following brief overview of what is required in a Rambam eruv is taken from the web site for the Toronto Eruv:
The Rambam and some other leading poskim do not require 600,000 people in order to qualify an area as a reshus harabim. According to these poskim, of course, it is far more difficult to make an eruv in a large city.
There is a long list of poskim who subscribe to each of these views. The practice in Europe to build eruvim followed the general minhag in Klal Yisroel to rely on Rashi’s position. However, because of the wide support received by the Rambam as well, the Mishne Brura suggests that a “Baal Nefesh” (i.e. someone who wishes to set a loftier standard for himself) should be machmir.
For those who wish to follow the Rambam, it is necessary to create an eruv with at least three sides which have a majority of their length enclosed with actual walls (‘ ). This deems the entire area so surrounded a reshus hayachid, even in circumstances where the public passes through gaps in the enclosure. To complete the eruv, it is then required to close the gaps with tzuros hapesachs as described below. As will be seen, this is the approach taken with respect to the Toronto Eruv.
Leah says
reshus hayachid
tzuros hapesachs
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