Understanding Shabbat and Eruv Loopholes

You can't open the light and you can't close it. What do you do?

So you get into bed, and now you want to close the light.

Now it's Shabbat, you can't.

They try to find a loophole for everything imaginable.

Chat, what I find to be maybe problematic as an

outsider, I'm just, I'm not, I'm

not being, being rude, it's just my thing, is that it seems like everything is a

loophole. Like they're finding loopholes to

everything.

It's like, "Oh, um, modest equals no hair.

Here's a wig." You know, it's like all loopholes.

But light is on. A light is on. Jewish cup, invented this.

What?

So whenever you open your fridge, you won't-

Now there gonna be no more light

... you won't turning on any lights.

Yo, my boy, my boy.

Since cooking is not allowed once Shabbat begins-

Come on

There you are.

Special features.

See what that says? Shabbat. You're doing it before sunset.

What?

You can say, for example, what temperature you want it to be at.

It... What?

How long you want it to be on for.

Okay, stop it. That's totally...

What else can you transfer in Shabbat?

That's totally...

Going from a private domain to a public domain.

communities in New York have created an Eruv marked by wires stretched

between utility poles.

Oh, I heard about that.

The thin wire you see above me-

Chat, this is the biggest loophole of all.

Uh, again, I could be wrong about this, chat.

It's the mega loophole where it's like you're inside but

outside, so it doesn't count

... is called Eruv and it's vitally important.

If this wire snap right now, older people wouldn't be able to use their

walkers, and sick people wouldn't be able to use

their medicines.

An Eruv is a religious boundary that allows people who observe Shabbat to

carry certain items in public areas.

In New York, one Eruv stretches roughly 20 miles around

Manhattan, while

another extends about 55 miles across large parts of Brooklyn.

Marked by wires attached to utility poles, these boundaries require regular

inspection. The Manhattan Eruv alone is reported to cost around

$200,000 a year to maintain.