The Eruv

[Mik]

There's an 18 mile wire running across Manhattan that most folks don't know about. I didn't. Actually there's one in Chicago too I guess.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91594/theres-wire-above-manhattan-youve-probably-never-noticed?a_aid=45307&fbclid=IwAR01S-hZa2kYqw6nj8QOoc-lgxzMGkaST_S2s1lBYOoF3cfEe1QspQDbFlk

[jon-nyc]

Yeah I've read about it and seen it.

Seems like the kind of thing the public shouldn't indulge.

[Mik]

Seems an odd technicality in terms of a faith. Like fooling God.

[89th]

Yeah no kidding. Absolutely ludicrous to think this doesn’t break the spirit (or even letter) of the law.

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting. Never have hear of that before.

(But it seems like kind of a "fake" solution. How does putting up a wire make a public place private?)

[89th]

You mean your home isn’t outlined in a translucent quarter inch wire?

[taiwan_girl]

@89th said in The Eruv:

You mean your home isn’t outlined in a translucent quarter inch wire?

555

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in The Eruv:

Seems an odd technicality in terms of a faith. Like fooling God.

Welcome to observant Judaism.

[bachophile]

@jon-nyc

Tell me about it. U just scratch the surface.

[Catseye3]

@89th said: "Absolutely ludicrous to think this doesn’t break the spirit (or even letter) of the law."

What he said.

[George K]

@Mik said in The Eruv:

Seems an odd technicality in terms of a faith. Like fooling God.

I thought exactly the same thing.

I used to work at a place that was bought by a religious-based (7th Day Adventist) cult faith. After the purchase, all "stimulants" disappeared from the cafeteria: coffee, tea, coke, etc.

Also, all pork-based foods went away as well. So, no bacon, pork chops, etc.

But...they did offer "turkey-bacon." And it wasn't for health reasons, it was to avoid pork. So, I wondered, "What's the sin here, actually eating pork, or desiring it because it tastes so damn good? If you're making things taste like bacon, aren't you, in a broad sense, making bacon?" I suppose a strict Jew would say, "It doesn't matter what it tastes like, it's not ACTUAL pork, so there's not a sin there."

I dunno...

[Loki]

The alternative is to be like the Amish and not function in society. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

[jon-nyc]

Seems like most of us have thought of other alternative.