What is an Eruv?
The Bushey Eruv allows carrying on Shabbat and Yom Kippur within its boundary.
Please check every Friday that the Eruv is up. You may only use the Eruv that week once it has been officially confirmed on the Friday.
The Eruv allows you to:
- Push buggies and wheelchairs
- Use children's tricycles and non-motorised scooters
- Carry items you need on Shabbat, such as:
- a Tallit or Siddur to Shul
- a Sefer to a class or Shiur
- food for use on Shabbat
- glasses, house keys and similar
Even with the Eruv, you may not:
- Carry items for use after Shabbat
- Carry items that are Muktzah, such as:
- items mainly used for activities not allowed on Shabbat, e.g. pens, notepads, tools, wallets and purses
- items that are neither food nor useful on Shabbat, e.g. money, credit cards, animals and stones
- valuable items you take special care of, e.g. passports, cheques, expensive paintings or goods for sale
- items that can't be used on Shabbat or are meant for after Shabbat, e.g. car or office keys
- Athletic activities
- Water the lawn, garden, or pick flowers or fruit
- Play with water, in a sprinkler or in a sandpit
- Put rubbish out for collection or post letters
- Bring gifts to hosts on Shabbat or Yom Tov (unless it is food to be consumed at that visit)
- Enter business premises, shops, offices, libraries or places of entertainment (such as cinemas), even if you have paid in advance
- Ride bicycles
The Eruv and the Synagogue
It is very important that the sanctity and dignity of the Synagogue are respected. This applies only to the room(s) where services take place, not to the rest of the shul building.
- Parents must make sure that children of all ages are supervised at all times.
- In the Synagogue itself, please do not:
- change nappies
- stay with a child who has a soiled nappy
- nurse a baby
- stay with a noisy or crying child