Eruv status: The Eruv is UP!
What is an Eruv?
An eruv (Hebrew for “mixture”) is a defined space in which carrying objects from one place to another on Shabbat (which is traditionally prohibited) is allowed. Eruvin (the plural of eruv in rabbinic Hebrew) have been created by Jewish communities for thousands of years as a way of defining communal space and bringing a sense of the sacred to the geographic area that a community occupies. The ancient rabbis considered this to be so important that there is an entire tractate of the Talmud devoted to it, and for many Jews across the Jewish movements, having an eruv is indispensable to their Shabbat practice. You can read more about the history and meaning of an eruv here.
In 2018 Rabbi Zeff and a committee of GJC members who valued this idea began exploring how to create a GJC Eruv, and it was completed in 2025. You can read more about the history of the GJC Eruv here. Whatever your Shabbat practice, we hope that the GJC Eruv will enhance your sense of sacred space and our collective connection to the neighborhood and the land of which GJC is a part.
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Questions? Contact Rabbi Adam Zeff.
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