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“Eruv & the first brit”

Collection
Jewish Chronicle
Source
Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
Date
December 25, 1986

“Eruv & the first brit.” Unsigned article about what was believed to have been the first brit (ritual circumcision) performed in an Orthodox synagogue in Pittsburgh on the Sabbath, made possible by the new Squirrel Hill eruv.

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