Jewish law was transmitted from God to Moses on Mt. Sinai and through Moses to the leaders and rabbis of every generation. Yet, the realities of the twenty-first century are not the realities of Mt. Sinai. How have the rabbis utilized the basic tenets of Jewish law to adopt and adapt to the changing realities of each generation? In this lecture Rabbi Mintz will focus primary on the development of the community eruv which reflects this tension and its resolution through the centuries. Mintz’s – Mandelbaum New York Encounters