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| UK's 'largest eruv' opens for Jewish community in Greater Manchester | UK's 'largest eruv' opens for Jewish community in Greater Manchester |
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| The "UK's largest eruv" is to become operational later for the Jewish community in Greater Manchester. | The "UK's largest eruv" is to become operational later for the Jewish community in Greater Manchester. |
| The Manchester Community Eruv has a perimeter of more than 13 miles and covers parts of Prestwich, Crumpsall and Higher Broughton. | The Manchester Community Eruv has a perimeter of more than 13 miles and covers parts of Prestwich, Crumpsall and Higher Broughton. |
| An eruv is a symbolic boundary that allows orthodox religious Jews to carry or push certain items outside of their homes on the Sabbath. | An eruv is a symbolic boundary that allows orthodox religious Jews to carry or push certain items outside of their homes on the Sabbath. |
| Planning of the eruv, which has taken 10 years, has cost £350,000. | Planning of the eruv, which has taken 10 years, has cost £350,000. |
| Under Jewish law (Torah), it is forbidden to carry everyday items such as reading glasses or house keys or push a wheelchair or pushchair between sundown on Friday and sundown on Saturday. | |
| These are allowed within an eruv although carrying money or a mobile phone or going to shops, the cinema or taking part in sport are still prohibited. | |
| 'Major difference' | |
| Organisers said the Manchester eruv is "the largest in the country" and will enhance the observance of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. | Organisers said the Manchester eruv is "the largest in the country" and will enhance the observance of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. |
| "It is going to make a major difference to the life of very many people including people wheeling children," said Rabbi Yahuda Brodie, chief executive of the Manchester Beth Din. | "It is going to make a major difference to the life of very many people including people wheeling children," said Rabbi Yahuda Brodie, chief executive of the Manchester Beth Din. |
| "Mothers with young children for example find it very difficult to get out of the home on Sabbath days and attend synagogue." | "Mothers with young children for example find it very difficult to get out of the home on Sabbath days and attend synagogue." |
| The eruv must be "completely enclosed" by existing natural boundaries such as garden walls, fences and Metrolink lines as well as sections of thin wire connecting poles along the perimeter. | The eruv must be "completely enclosed" by existing natural boundaries such as garden walls, fences and Metrolink lines as well as sections of thin wire connecting poles along the perimeter. |
| The perimeter of the eruv will be inspected every Friday to ensure that it is intact. | The perimeter of the eruv will be inspected every Friday to ensure that it is intact. |
| The Jewish population of Greater Manchester is about 24,000 - the largest in the UK outside London. | The Jewish population of Greater Manchester is about 24,000 - the largest in the UK outside London. |