September 25, 2012
9 Tishrei 5773
URGENT NOTICE: There is NO ERUV on Yom Kippur this year because of the construction on the 405.
The construction cannot be halted for us. THAT MEANS YOU CAN **NOT** CARRY YOUR MACHZOR OR TALLIS. YOU CAN **NOT** BRING A STROLLER TO SHUL. PLEASE PLAN FOR YOM KIPPUR IN ADVANCE.
There will be no last minute fix. We have dozens of temporary walls that go up every Shabbos. None can be up on a construction weekday.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
September 16, 2012
29 Elul 5773
URGENT NOTICE: There will be NO ERUV on Rosh Hashanah or Sukkot this year because of the construction on the 405. You may still carry, but ONLY things which are needed for that day. Do not carry anything extra. That means no diaper bags stocked with extras. Only enough for the one day.
Please check your pockets etc. Please send gifts, wine etc for your hosts in advance. This will be an issue for Sukkot as well. Please plan in advance.
Also there will be NO ERUV ON YOM KIPPUR THIS YEAR. The construction cannot be halted for us. THAT MEANS YOU CAN **NOT** CARRY YOUR MACHZOR OR TALLIS. YOU CAN **NOT** BRING A STROLLER TO SHUL. PLEASE PLAN FOR YOM KIPPUR IN ADVANCE.
There will be no last minute fix. We have dozens of temporary walls that go up every Shabbos. None can be up on a construction weekday.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
The Eruv is down and will not be repaired in time for Shabbos.
The eruv will not be available this shabbos.
Let your friends know.
June 15, 2012
25 Sivan 5772
Thank you to the crew, and contractors who worked so hard this week to restore the Eruv for the community.
Thank you to those families who stepped forward with contributions this week towards the costs of repairs and maintenance.
Thank you to those Shuls who are so reliable in collecting and submitting dues from their members. We wouldn’t have an Eruv without you.
Please pay your dues if you have not already. This unexpected expense is costly.
Please check with your Shul Rav or President to verify that your shul has sent in member dues.
November 4, 2011
7 Cheshvan 5772
The Los Angeles Times ran a story this week on the LA Eruv and how the freeway reconstruction is affecting us.
Thanks to the LA Times coverage, we’ve also done interviews with KNX radio and NBC TV. Here’s a link to the NBC TV video on the Eruv.
here’s what Mitchell Landsberg of the LA Times had to say:
Carmageddon, schmarmageddon.
Like just about everybody else, Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles have their issues with the 405 Freeway widening project. Unlike most people, however, their primary concern is not necessarily the impending closure of a stretch of the freeway on the July 16-17 weekend.
Their problem is that the 405 construction project keeps messing up their eruv.
Some explanation is probably in order.
An eruv is a ritual enclosure surrounding a neighborhood. It can be a fence, a wall, a piece of string — or a freeway. And it must be unbroken.
Its purpose is legalistic, a loophole, some might say. It allows observant Jews to perform certain actions on the Sabbath — carry a tray of food or push a baby stroller, for example — that Jewish law prohibits in public on that day.
In effect, it creates an entire zone that is considered communal.
Some eruvs can be fairly small, enclosing a tight-knit Jewish neighborhood. Brooklyn, for instance, is checkered with relatively small ones. It is perhaps not surprising that Los Angeles, the city that practically invented urban sprawl, is home to one of the largest eruvs anywhere, a vast enclosure 40 miles in circumference, surrounding much of the Westside and spilling over into the San Fernando Valley.
Read the full story here: