A Jewish group is proposing to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to supervise eruvs in various areas of Israel that may be of questionable legitimacy.
In recent years, it has grown increasingly difficult for the Shabbat Fund to ensure that all residents are properly maintaining local eruvs—structures which allows residents to carry in public domains on the Sabbath. Instead of wasting monetary and human resources in paying individuals to investigate eruvs located in hard-to-find places, such as farmland or privately owned property, the religious organization has now contemplated purchasing $6,000 drones to do the job.
JTA cited the Hebrew language Beharedi Haredim as having first reported on the plans.
The website quoted a member of the Shabbat Fund as having cautioned people not to “rejoice” yet about the planned purchase, saying it was still too early to determine if the UAVs can be converted to the Jewish cause.
“We are still checking,” the member said. “We have not seen yet the product, nor have we checked its efficacy.”
In recent years, it has grown increasingly difficult for the Shabbat Fund to ensure that all residents are properly maintaining local eruvs—structures which allows residents to carry in public domains on the Sabbath. Instead of wasting monetary and human resources in paying individuals to investigate eruvs located in hard-to-find places, such as farmland or privately owned property, the religious organization has now contemplated purchasing $6,000 drones to do the job.
JTA cited the Hebrew language Beharedi Haredim as having first reported on the plans.
The website quoted a member of the Shabbat Fund as having cautioned people not to “rejoice” yet about the planned purchase, saying it was still too early to determine if the UAVs can be converted to the Jewish cause.
“We are still checking,” the member said. “We have not seen yet the product, nor have we checked its efficacy.”
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