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    Chapter 6 · Carrying and techumin

    Eruvei chatzerot - partnership and walls

    Lesson 44 of 55 20 min

    Several homes around one courtyard - how do they become one domain? An eruv chatzerot has two components: enclosure and partnership.

    Lesson goals
    • 01Understand the two eruv components
    • 02Know the eruv bread and blessing
    • 03Understand why "renting rights" from a non-Jew is needed
    01

    Two components

    1. 1Walls or tzurat ha-petach - make the area private
    2. 2Shared bread - joins residents into one domain
    3. 3Blessing: "al mitzvat eruv" and the declaration
    4. 4Renting rights from a non-Jewish resident

    Source: Tractate Eruvin and SA (OC 366). Eruv chatzerot is an enactment of King Solomon (Eruvin כ״א ע״ב (21b)).

    Practice

    Ask in your building: who handles the eruv bread?

    Lesson wrap-up

    An eruv is partnership - halakha that builds community.

    Check your understanding

    Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.

    Question 1 of 3

    Who enacted eruvei chatzerot?

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