Plans for Eruv in leafy suburb approved
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCouncillors have approved plans to erect a series of poles to create an area in Hale and Hale Barns where orthodox Jews can move freely on the sabbath - known as an Eruv.
The 52 street poles will now appear at 26 individual sites in an area so that young and elderly members of the orthodox community can move around.
They are restricted to their homes by Jewish law, unable push wheelchairs, prams, walking frames, carrying keys or medication freely between public and private areas between sunset on Fridays until nightfall on Saturdays, known as Shabbat.
An area encompassed by Hale Road and Grove Lane to the north; Shay Lane and Burnside to the east; Bankhall Lane and Rappax Road to the south and Ashley Road to the west is where the 52 poles, each between 22 ft and 26 ft high will now appear.
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