Q&A: Rental in an Eruv
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Rental in an Eruv
Question
Can one rely on a standard eruv that does not arrange a rental from someone who does not acknowledge the eruv, but instead relies on some general arrangement with the police or the fire department?
Answer
https://ph.yhb.org.il/plus/01-29-07/
It should be added here as a reasonable argument that the whole idea that someone who does not acknowledge the eruv renders it ineffective is a kind of sanction, so that people will not live near him. Nowadays it seems that this reason no longer applies, and therefore there is room to be lenient even on the basis of somewhat strained reasoning.