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by a break or tear. These are
usually constituted by a broken
wire or marker or a moved wire.
Detroit's first community-wide
eruv, one of many throughout
the U.S., became operational in
Southfield in January. Other
eruvin exist in New York, Bal-
timore, Los Angeles, Cleveland;
Miami Beach and elsewhere.
As Dr. Last suggested, the ef-
forts to construct an eruv in
Oak Park began in 1969. A
committee headed by Arnold
Carmen, set about collecting
funds to create the eruv. Car-
men, assisted by teams, includ-
ing one headed by Ezra Roberg
who helped with the physical
construction of the eruv, led a
project which had the approval
of the late Halachic authority
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.
"If Moshe Feinstein didn't
think it was a good idea, we
wouldn't have done it," Carmen
said, but added that there was
some opposition to the project.
He said it was a new concept to
many, and "some factions we-
ren't sure they wanted to go
ahead with it." A second prob-
lem, he said, was that if some of
the eruv users went to another
city without an eruv, they would
forge and perhaps carry on
Shabbat.
The Council of Orthodox Rab-
bis at that time also had mixed
feelings about the project, ac-
cording to Carmen. (In 1981 at a
heated community-wide meet-
ing, the Council did not feel
there was a need for an eruv.
However, according to Dr. Last,
"popular support", since con-
vinced the rabbis of the current
need.)
The final approval needed to
make the eruv operational came
from Rabbi Shimon Eider, the
country's eruv expert and a dis-
.ciple of Rabbi Feinstein. Rabbi
Drucker chose Rabbi Eider to
act as the consultant to Project
Eruv.
Carmen said that some of the
demarcations of the 1969 project
are part of the current eruv.
Roberg said that some areas,
unaffected by the weather or by
Detroit Edison, whose poles are
used to mark off the boundaries,
still remain along 11 Mile be-
tween Greenfield and Coolidge
and on Rosewood between Eight
and Nine Mile Roads.
The previous eruv attempt
never came to fruition. Accord-
ing to Roberg, ongoing costs and
"running into brick walls",were
the causes for its demise.
Yet, the community did not
let the effort die. In 1982, a
massive fund-raising push,
headed by Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Saltsman, helped gain funds for
the creation of the eruv. Rabbi
Feivel Wagner, former spiritual
leader of Young Israel of Green-
field, was a leading force in the
Oak Park eruv movement.
In addition, the're were
numerous meetings with Detroit
Edison officials to explain how
and why their utility poles were
needed for the eruv's construc-
tion. Meetings were also held
with city officials to gain per-
mission to use public property.
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