186. Why Do Some People Hate Eruvs?
Talking Tachlis Podcast
English - March 01, 2023 16:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MB - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsReligion & Spirituality jewish israel judaism antisemitism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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NY Times - the gift that keeps giving. Last week, you may have read: “For Strictly Observant Jews in Brooklyn, the Sabbath Expands," an article that highlights the new, expansive eruv covering most of Brooklyn. Within hours, there were hundreds of comments on the article, many of which were disparaging and mocking towards Orthodox and Chasidic Jews. This week, Uri and Rivky break down the article and comments, but they also go further - are loopholes a bad thing? And just as importantly, what do ritualistic mitzvot mean to us, as observant Jews?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/nyregion/brooklyn-observant-jews.html