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Eruvin Made Easy part 12: Our Deal with the Mayor

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Eruvin Made Easy part 11: The Eruv is Up But I Can’t Carry

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Eruvin Made Easy part 10: When the Eruv Goes Down on Shabbos

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If the eruv is definitely down and was definitely up when Shabbos begins can you continue to carry? Do we say כיוון שהותרה הותרה for a city eruv like we do for an eruv chatzerot? The opinion of האלף לך שלמה If you discover that the Eruv is down should you tell others?

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Pesach, Matzah, and Maror – What Rabban Gamliel Really Meant

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When Rabban Gamliel says you don’t fulfill your obligation unless you say Pesach, Matzah, and Maror, the Rambam says it means “כראוי” – the proper way. What obligation do you not fulfill without saying these three paragraphs? סיפור יציאת מצרים or the mitzvot of Pesach, matzah and maror? According to the 2nd opinion you need […]

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My Seder is Longer than Your Seder: How Late Must Your Seder Go?

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Is there a minimal time until which the seder has to go? Is there an obligation to continue engaging in the mitzvah of סיפור יציאת מצרים after the Seder ends? We know that כל המרבה הרי זה משובח – the more discusses the Exodus the more praiseworthy he is but does מצות סיפור יציאת מצרים […]

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Eruvin Made Easy part 9: We Didn’t Build The Lampposts!

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The Magen Avraham rules that a tzurat hapetach needs to be created with the intent of serving as a tzurat hapetach. How then are we permitted to build an eruv using lampposts?

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Eruvin Made Easy Part 8: Lamp Posts and Street Signs

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Does the box that forms the base for a lamp post present a problem in constructing a lechi for an eruv? פיתחי שימאי (a wall/post with jagged edges) is invalid as a lechi. Does the box at the bottom of the lampost make it a פיתחי שימאי?

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Eruvin Made Easy – part 7: ConEd is Your Friend

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Can you make an eruv using existing wires and poles? How does a tzurat hapetach eruv work? The korah needs to be placed at the top of the 2 lechis, how is this accomplished when using utility poles? What if the utility poles are slightly slanted?

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Eruvin Made Easy part 6: My Way or the Highway

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If a highway qualifies as a genuine reshut harabim, what is the status of the exit and entrance ramps? According to the Chazon Ish if a street has houses on three sides the block is a reshut hayachid.

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Eruvin Made Easy part 5: Flatbush vs. Kew Gardens Hills

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According to Rav Moshe Feinstein, an area is assumed to have 600,000 people if there are 3 million inhabitants in approximately 12 square מיל. Why did Rav Moshe rule that Flatbush is viewed as part of Brooklyn and is not eruv-able whereas Kew Gardens Hills is not viewed as part of Queens for eruvin?

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