Dear Immanuel:

Now that the Eruv is a fact, and the opposition is just beginning to warm up, I would recommend that the plan previously suggested be put into effect – i.e., that you devote a good part of your Column in TRADITION to the problem.

As you know, much of the material has been published in Noam, in various volumes, in Hapardes, and a special book by Rabbi Moskowitz.

I am enclosing a talk I gave last Shabbat Shachol which dealt with the problem of the Eruv. You may find some of the interpretations particularly useful in any of the historical material and an attempt to avoid certain popular misconceptions which no doubt will arise. I hope it will be of some value, however small, to you.

Sincerely,

RABBI NORMAN LAMM