Long Beach’s Orthodox Jewish community again has full use of its eruv — a religious zone that was disrupted for about a year by superstorm Sandy.
The eruv, one of about 20 on Long Island, encircles the city and is marked by things such as walls, wire strung on utility poles and bulkheading.
The eruv’s border was shifted a block north by Sandy when the Oct. 29, 2012, storm destroyed the city’s oceanfront boardwalk.
The rebuilt boardwalk restored the eruv’s original boundaries, said Rabbi Chaim Wakslak, the authority on the eruv for Long Beach’s Jewish community. The boardwalk includes a railing that constitutes a wall under religious law, Wakslak said.
The eruv has been fully restored since December, he said. “This is a good thing for the Jewish community in Long Beach,” Wakslak said. “It’s huge.”
Long Beach city officials said before construction began that the eruv would be welcomed on the new boardwalk, as it had been on the old boardwalk.
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