Seattle's Jewish community in Seward Park completed building its eruv in the fall of 1990. One of the world's most respected poskim on eruvin, Rabbi Shimon Eider of Lakewood, New Jersey, designed and reviewed the eruv and has enthusiastically hailed it as impeccably correct. The eruv satisfies, maximally, all of the three basic requirements for an eruv:
The formal leasing has been transacted with the Mayor of the City of Seattle. An Eruv Chatzerot was instituted and is kept at Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Congregation. The "Door Images," Tzurot Hapesach, have been constructed to meet every stringency while keeping the eruv viable.
Please consult with your synagogue's Rabbi before utilizing this or any Eruv.
To determine, every Friday, the operational status of the eruv. Call (206) 725-ERUV for a status report. Those using the eruv should also know that the eruv's borders in many cases enclose only one side of the street.