[Heb-NACO] geo. subdivision for Eruv

[Kuperman, Aaron]

But “Eruv” is clearly a “Jewish law” heading, so a book “Eruv--Jerusalem” would be on the halachic problems of building an eruv there as opposed to New York (e.g. building an eruv in a walled city, building an eruv in a city with over 600000 Jews, etc.).  This gets you into two issues. First, “Jewish law” headings do not subdivide geographically since halacha is the same everywhere, so perhaps there should be separate headings for “Eruv (Jewish law)” and “Eruv” the physical construction.  Second, since an Eruv is a type of building how does it relate both to the LCSH rules for buildings (meaning it should be in the plural, and if “Eruv” can be found in English reference sources that plural might arguably(has ve-shalom) be “Eruvs”, cf Agunahs),  and also getting it to fit into the infamous “Division of the world” memo.

Of course, without a proposal, and treating the current heading as “inherently legal” meaning it refers to the halachos of an Eruv, one could create a heading “Eruv—Social aspects—[place]” under current rules. This resolve the problem, distinguishes halachic from historical/sociological works, and avoids excessive amounts of philosophy (should I advocate a halacha that one should avoid cataloging philosophy on Erev Shabbos☺).

Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
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From: Shinohara, Jasmin <jshino at pobox.upenn.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2019 10:23 AM
To: Kuperman, Aaron <akup at loc.gov>; 'Joan Biella' <jbiella2632 at gmail.com>; 'Hebrew Name Authority Funnel' <heb-naco at lists.osu.edu>
Subject: RE: [Heb-NACO] geo. subdivision for Eruv

Good question, Aaron. The title is Toldot ha-ʻeruv bi-Yerushalayim (original bib forthcoming post-BIBCO review), a multi-vol. publ. Dec. 2016-<Dec. 2018> by Ohel Binyamin le-Torah ule-ḥokhmat Yiśraʼel (Yerushalayim). Given the content, my gut reaction was to give a 650 Eruv – Jerusalem – History, but no such luck. Indeed, there is no Eruv—History heading to be found anywhere, though, as Joan said, perhaps there hasn’t been literary warrant till now. For now I’ve assigned

Eruv ǂx History
Sabbath (Jewish law)
Jerusalem ǂx Religious life and customs

But I do wish I could be more specific. There are numerous titles in LC’s database discussing the ‘eruv of Brooklyn, but folks got around it by assigning the above three subjects (though the titles aren’t histories, so just Eruv, without |x History, and Borough Park instead of Jerusalem). A title about the ‘eruv in Har Nof used a 610 for the Va’ad ha-‘eruv shekhunat Har Nof (Jerusalem). There is no mention anywhere in my work of a “va’ad ha-‘eruv” of Yerushalayim, so I’m not concerned about the need for a 610. Given the preponderance of works on the Brooklyn ‘eruv, is there a reason no one thought to make Eruv geographically subdivide-able?

Thanks, Jasmin


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