eruv
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- Definition
- The prohibition of transferring between domains
- ''Eruv chatzerot''
- Sources
- Specific laws of eruv
- Checking the eruv
- Activities prohibited even within an eruv
- Disagreements among Orthodox groups
- Eruv in Conservative and Reform Judaism
- Coping without an eruv
- Communities with eruvin
- Historical
- Controversies
- Demographic changes
- Legal status
- Other forms of eruv
- ''Eruv techumin''
- ''Eruv tavshilin''
- References
- External links
thumb|upright|An eruv pole and wire outside the Tower of David, [[Jerusalem. Only the higher of the two visible wires is used by the eruv.]]
An eruv (; , , also transliterated as eiruv or erub, plural: eruvin or eruvim) is a ritual halakhic enclosure made for the purpose of allowing activities which are normally prohibited on Shabbat (due to the prohibition of hotzaah mereshut lereshut), specifically: carrying objects from a private domain to a semi-public domain (carmelit), and transporting objects four cubits or more within a semi-public domain. The enclosure is found within some Jewish communities, especially Orthodox ones.