0249 - R' Yankle Kranz - Making an Eiruv in Detroit

00:00 Rabbi Yankel Kranz, alav hashalom, was the shliach in Virginia. Before that, he was a shliach in Detroit. When he was a shliach there, he was also a member of the Vaad Harabonim. And once the Vaad Harabonim had a discussion whether to make an eiruv in the city of Detroit. It was right in the beginning when the big cities started making eiruv, and so they had a discussion. They were gonna have a vote on it. So Rabbi Yankel tells me that he went to Yechidas. He asked the Rebbe whether he should vote for the eiruv or against the eiruv. And the Rebbe told him to vote against the eiruv. And he said because if you get used to carrying and you come to a place where there is no eiruv, you will s- you will carry also. So that will bring you to a zilzal in Shabbos. It'll bring you to chillul Shabbos. I don't remember exactly which shleimus he used, but something like that. That's why you shouldn't do it. Then the Rebbe said to him that even though in Europe years ago there were some big cities that did have an eiruv, so the Rebbe said we can't compare now to then. Then people, when they were in a city, that's where they stayed. They usually didn't travel. I'm sure there were some, many people who traveled, but most people, hanei na'am, did not travel. So whatever they were, that's how it was. If they had an eiruv, they had an eiruv. But nowadays,

01:04 we live in a mobile society, a society that travels a lot, and most people travel, and you will come to places where there is no eiruv. And if you get used to carrying without an-- with, uh, carrying because there's an eiruv, you'll come to carry without an eiruv. Then the Rebbe said that some people might ask, on the other hand, it'll prevent people from doing an aveira because there are some people who carry anyway, and if there's an eiruv, this won't be an aveira because they'll be carrying within an eiruv. So the Rebbe said to him, therefore, it is kedai that if you make an eiruv, no one should know about it. And the Rebbe said that when there was an idea, a svorah came up to make an eiruv in Manhattan, so there was an etza given to make it, but not to tell anybody. Now we don't know who gave that etza. There are letters from the Rebbe where the Rebbe brings that etza, but I don't know if it was originally the Rebbe's etza or not. But that's what the Rebbe said to him. There was an etza to make the eiruv, and no one should know about it. Vameile you gain from both sides. The people who carry anyway will not be aveira, but the people who don't carry will not carry, so they will not come to zilzal Shabbos. And then the Rebbe looked at him and he said, "Whether they actually made an eiruv in Manhattan or not, farshteisn,

02:13 kh'vil nit zogn. You understand, I will not tell you."