tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post2707399310070699376..comments2024-03-28T10:26:27.833+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: The Sunday Curiosity: No 1. Eruv.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54874920299856960252011-12-06T05:36:24.031+00:002011-12-06T05:36:24.031+00:00I am utterly fascinated by this.
Very recently, I ...I am utterly fascinated by this.<br />Very recently, I got into a discussion with a close friend about the local ERUV. I thought it was just a symbolic line, while he claimed it was an actual wire. We each bet $1, and, well, he won. We both live across from a large synagogue, and have known the numerous rabbis who live in "The Rabbi's House" for a few years (with their inevitably numerous children) and then move (or are moved) on. <br /><br />I managed to locate -- online -- the boundaries of our closest ERUV, but have yet to go check for the wires.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25314607377016514972011-12-05T04:51:28.937+00:002011-12-05T04:51:28.937+00:00Sorry Camille. I can't think why I wrote it wi...Sorry Camille. I can't think why I wrote it with an N. Of course it should have read ERUV.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6142386001776215992011-12-05T02:15:44.215+00:002011-12-05T02:15:44.215+00:00Who are they trying to fool...themselves or God? ...Who are they trying to fool...themselves or God? I don't get it!Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693938275540875952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72257840841132554772011-12-04T16:13:51.107+00:002011-12-04T16:13:51.107+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54807803010565809232011-12-04T15:32:02.996+00:002011-12-04T15:32:02.996+00:00Forgive my interference but I think the correct te...Forgive my interference but I think the correct term is 'eruv' Cro dahlink. Love your blog - found you through John and Tom - been quietly following you on the sidelines for a while now.Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14278577270209960567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33928836049482564352011-12-04T12:38:00.194+00:002011-12-04T12:38:00.194+00:00There's a 'sabbath' setting on my oven...There's a 'sabbath' setting on my oven Cro that (when programmed) prevents it from being turned on. <br />It boggles my mind that Churches have to treat people like complete idiots.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67012985333905790352011-12-04T12:25:47.660+00:002011-12-04T12:25:47.660+00:00They probably wrap 'eruns' around their gu...They probably wrap 'eruns' around their guns!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19449256727492533072011-12-04T10:55:59.249+00:002011-12-04T10:55:59.249+00:00Some orthodox families (I have heard) put a time-s...Some orthodox families (I have heard) put a time-switch on the T.V. set so that they do not break any rules by switching it on on the sabbath. I wonder how the Israeli military get around it - maybe they are exempt.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-69566824542214115792011-12-04T10:23:47.844+00:002011-12-04T10:23:47.844+00:00I know there are people who circumvent their relig...I know there are people who circumvent their religious practices in cynical ways. And I know many religious practices seem daft - and, in many ways are so. However, sometimes, something apparently daft (like putting up a wire) can transform one's attitude to what we do and how we do it. I am not a Jew so can't quite judge. Nor am I a Roman Catholic - so I have never needed to confine myself to fish on a Friday . . . and I'm struggling to find a parallel in my own life though I know there are parallels (I'll suddenly think of something later) but I have experienced enough to imagine that the simple act of eating (or not eating) can be just as helpful in reminding the mind of what matters as doing something worthwhile and significant.<br /><br />I think I'd solve the moving objects problem either by being very strict about it or by tying a great long wire round the world - all the way round. And another in the other direction - so everywhere is simultaneously parcelled up and liberated.Esther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54729498960165007372011-12-04T10:03:43.408+00:002011-12-04T10:03:43.408+00:00The mental back-flips performed by those of yer ac...The mental back-flips performed by those of yer actual establishment religious inclination can be astounding.<br /><br />When I lived in on under and around Manchester you could bet your bottom dollar that at the head of every spontaneous traffic jam would be a Volvo with some formally-dressed Rabbi parking on the white line & cat's eyes while he "made a quick delivery". <br /><br />A Rabbi friend of mine used to confound the Inland Revenoo's best efforts by getting paid for absolutely everything in kind.The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.com