Translation
of relevant parts:
Question: “... we want to ask Moron shlito ...... although with regard to the
Sha’aloh of Reshus Horabim min Hatorah they have the Shtioh of Moron HaChazon
Ish who is lenient, however regarding other Sha’alos such as the requirement
that the vertical poles should be inside the Mechtizos – which was not done in
this case – and also regarding Karfifos
[i.e. areas not deemed habitable according to Halocho] which are larger than a
Beis Sosayim and not fit for walking, which this Eruv has it in many cases; and
on these matter the Shitoh of Moron HaChazon Ish is not lenient; and with
regard to renting Reshus where in our days there is no Sar Ho’ir [i.e. the Sar
Ho’ir does not posess the legal power to enter dwelling houses at all times
without preconditions], and further Chashoshos. For this reason we want to ask
whether we should us this Eruv?
Answer: The Chazon Ish was indeed meikel that there is no [Reshus Horabim]
De’orayso issue if the street is “okum”. But in all Chashoshos Derbaonon he was
not lenient at all. On the contrary he was very stringent here in Bnei Brak as
is well-known.
Chaim Kanievski
Note:
a] The requirements of not
having Karfifos and the Din of renting Reshus from Nochrim are miderabonon, the
question of classifying the streets as Reshus Horabim min Hatorah is a
de’orayso issue.
b] Previously a Shoiel shlito had addressed a two
letters to Hag. R. Kanievski. In the first letter he reported that the
G.G. Eruv was invalid according to the Chazon Ish measurements and in such a
state that it could break down at any time. Hag. R. Kanievski replied encouraging
him to repair the Eruv. [Note: It is a little surprising that such an
Eruv was launched with “full confidence”. Either those who launched it did not
know the state of the Eruv or they did not know the idea of “full confidence”…]
In the second letter the Shoiele shlito asks:
After working on the North West London Eruv day and night with numerous repairs
it is now on a very high standard of Hidur. “The Eruv
is now kosher lekatchilo in an excellent way according to Moron HaChason Ish zatzal.” They want to ask
whether they should publicize this in order to remove from those who carry the
‘La’az’ as if they are Mechalelei Shabbos Befahesyo rachamono litzlon, and they
are humiliated in public for this.
Hag. R. Kanievski replied: ראוי
לפרסם .
The Shoiel in the third letter
stresses that in fact this Eruv suffers from a number of Derabonon-problems. He
suggests that thus the Eruv is far removed from being excellent or indeed even
kosher according to the Chazon Ish. Hag.
R. Kaievski replies that in the Chazon Ish’s view these
invalidate an Eruv. [Of course these requirements do not apply only to an Eruv in Bnei Brak
but all over the world including London.]