After 10 years, largest eruv in U.K. going operational
Published January 7, 2014
(JTA) — The United Kingdom’s largest eruv will be usable for the first time this Shabbat.
The Manchester eruv took 10 years to plan and construct and is the U.K.’s most technically complex eruv, according to the London Jewish Chronicle.
According to Jewish law, the enclosure permits religious Jews to carry items in public on the Sabbath, including pushing baby carriages.
The boundary is 13 miles long and cuts across three boroughs of Manchester. Eruv experts from Jerusalem spent 10 days inspecting the eruv before declaring it ready for use on Friday, the newspaper reported.
Meanwhile, the Conference of European Rabbis has published what it says is the first comprehensive list of all kosher products certified by European kashrut authorities. The items are searchable by country, brand name, food type and kashrut authority.
“This online resource is a fantastic example of how modern technology can be used to make religious life a little easier,” Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, said in a statement. “The project comes following a huge amount of hard work over recent months, and we will of course continue to update and improve it.”