By COLlive reporter
Senior Shluchim in the Brownstone Brooklyn area, Rabbi Shimon Hecht and Rabbi Ari Raskin were amongst the first to be welcomed into the office of the newly elected Borough President Eric Adams.
At a meeting on Thursday, January 23, the Rabbis congratulated Adams and expressed their confidence that their good working relationship over the past 12 years with Marty Markowitz will continue to be maintained.
Adams, who kept close ties to the Jewish community as State Senator, responded: “You had a great relationship with my predecessor. But, with me it will be even better. We will top anything of the past.”
Adams was given an overview of the extensive work of Chabad in the area: 7 Chabad houses in the Brownstone Brooklyn area, 4 preschools which are filled to capacity, and two state of the art Mikvahs.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Rabbi Hecht once again halachically purchased, on behalf of the Jewish residents of Brooklyn, the rights to have the existing Eruvim to enable Jewish residents in certain communities to carry in the public domain in a halachically allowed manner on Shabbos.
Borough President Adams was excited to learn about the widespread work of the Chabad Houses in the area, and asked for a personal tour of the facilities in the near future.
I am always amused by this. If the fathers could come home from shul or daven earlier instead of staying to farbreng all shabbos day the mothers could go out to a later minyan, or shabbos afternoon… there is no halocho the father can’t stay home and watch the kids a bit!!
Mothers are NOT shut in with their children. They have a perfectly natural hour bonding experience. Shabbos is beautiful. I feel so sorry for you if you have to *escape* from the oasis of your mikdash me’at.
say look at Crown heights between Eastern Parkway Empire Blvd & the Avenues can you or anyone seriously think that there are lees then 600,000 people that pass thru these portions of the CH? Absolutely. It’s more like 60,000. Even on the busiest day of the year, Eastern Parkway does not come close to 600,000. In any case, the Rebbe’s opinion has nothing to do with how many people there are. The Rebbe was for an eruv even in Manhattan, let alone Brooklyn; but he wanted it kept secret. The Rebbe did not agree with R Moshe Feinstein’s shitah. Even… Read more »
intent to carry on Shabbos, and one unwittingly does not carry, is not the sin of carrying on Shabbos
Wouldn’t it still be counted as a sin if the intent of a person is to sin?
Just to clarify.
Someone wrote the Rebbe that he wanted to make an Eiruv in order to ‘save’ those that aare already carying on Shabbos.
The Rebbe told him, that if this was indeed his motive, his eiruv can be made in secret. In that letter, the Rebbe wasn’t stating that Eiruvin should be made all over ‘in secret’
Yes there is an Erev, and sometimes the Erev is down…but one particular time, when the erev was down, I met several people in the street pushing strollers……either they didn’t know that the erev was down, or they had already made plans and counted on the Erev,and at that point didn’t care….
Parking every day on Eastern Parkway including Shabbos…..
If The Community council wont do something about this Now,
They obviously only do things that fill their own pockets…..
an eruv in CH should be considered to better support women with young children. mothers are basically shut in with children an entire shabbos. some lucky people have parents or in-laws in the neighborhood and move in for shabbos, but those who are from out of town or want to be at home are basically home indoors and alone an entire shabbos.
Just because every Community has an Eruv doesnt make it right… Chabad has no more Boundaries…..What the heck does it mean times have changed…Who are you kidding?
How can one have the Chutzpah to say The Rebbe’s opinion etc. is outdated? For on e thing let’s look at the basic definitions of A Reshuis Harabim according to the Gemara the definition is 600,000 people. I say look at Crown heights between Eastern Parkway Empire Blvd & the Avenues can you or anyone seriously think that there are lees then 600,000 people that pass thru these portions of the CH? I don’t think so. How they did it in B/p Williamsburg I am not familiar with & am not a Rav But what i am sure of is… Read more »
Why not?
IF the Rebbe’s opinion isnt relevant to you WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU IN CROWN HEIGHTS?! Youre entitled to your eiruv, but not in the Rebbe’s neighbourhood! I’m surprised that the editors let this through (i’m sure it was an oversight, the right thing to do would be to take the comment down — this site does so much good, it shouldnt be a polatform for people to plant seeds in the next generation that the rebbe’s opinion is no longer relevant because “times have changed”
Can you please clarify:
Do you mean that if the Rebbe was here he would have changed his mind and allowed it now because of changed circumstances?
I vote for an eruv in CH. You don’t want to use it? Dont use it!
What is the basis of sechiras reshus from the Borough President? In what sense is he an owner? What rights does he have over the streets? Surely the streets are the property of the New York City, not of the borough. And what about the houses? Not even the city owns them, or has the right to enter them. It seems to me that the best people to rent reshus from would be Con Ed, since they have a meter in every house.
Was expressed in a letter to R Menachem Kasher in the 1950s. It was that they should make an eruv but not tell anyone about it, so that people will not get used to using it, but in case anyone did carry they would be saved from an aveira. The reason the Rebbe gave was that people would get used to carrying, and since it’s inevitable that one day the eruv will be down, people will not hear about it and will carry. The fact is times have changed. Nearly every major Jewish community today has an eruv, so people… Read more »
go rabbi raskin
Don’t be a coward. State your name. If you feel that the Rebbe’s opinion is no longer valid, and are not ashamed to write it on a public forum, don’t be ashamed to say who you are.
With a name you’ll be able to take your campaign public and deal with the issue properly.
I once saw a answer that Rabbi Y.D. Groner a”h got from the Rebbe regarding helping make an Eiruv in Melbourne. If someone can post it, it may be helpful. Thanks.you write: “I understand the rebbe was not in favor of having a eruv but times have changed”. realty??? is this how we should live our lives? all the things the Rebbe spoke about (and for that matter many halochos also) were for times gone by. but now we live in the 21st century? is this the new way? you continue: an eruv will help those people who may carry… Read more »
you write: “I understand the rebbe was not in favor of having a eruv but times have changed”. realty??? is this how we should live our lives? all the things the Rebbe spoke about (and for that matter many halochos also) were for times gone by. but now we live in the 21st century? is this the new way? you continue: an eruv will help those people who may carry on Shabbos to not carry on shabbos.” the Rebbe addressed this specific issue clearly. i don’t know what the Rebbe’s exact position is on an Eiruv. I’m just commenting on… Read more »
Keep it up.
what are the parameters of this eruv?
The rebbe was against making an eruv in all five boroughs
When some residents tried to stop the building of a Mikvah in Park Slope, the then Senator came to aid of the Jewish community and told the anti mikvah committee to stop any action to stop the creation of the mikvah and shot down any critism they had about the Mikvah and the people who would be using the Mikvah.It wasa great victory for community in Park Slope.
Its time for CH to put up a eruv
I understand the rebbe was not in favor of having a eruv but times have changed
an eruv will help those people who may carry on Shabbos to not carry on shabbos.
99% of chabad communities have a eruv there is no reason CH should not.
If you dont like the eruv dont use it but why should someone else not be able to benefit from a eruv because a few people feel they do not want it