Eruv (disambiguation)

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In Jewish law, an Eruv (Hebrew: עירוב‎, also spelt Eiruv or Erub, plural: Eruvin), a Hebrew word meaning "mixture", can refer to any of the following:

  • Eruv (formally, eiruv chatzeirot), which allows Jews to carry outdoors on Shabbat
  • Eruv tavshilin, which allows Jews to cook on a Friday Yom Tov to prepare for Shabbat
  • Eruv techumin, which allows Jews to walk beyond the boundary outside their city on Shabbat.

These three procedures allow certain activities in Jewish law which would otherwise be forbidden.

The Talmud devotes an entire tractate to the subject of eruv titled Eruvin which addresses the eruv chatzerot, "mixed [ownership of] domains", and eruv t'chumin, "mixed borders" (discussed below). It does not address the eruv tavshilin, which is covered in elsewhere in the Talmud, in tractate Beitzah.

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