Forgot to Make Eruv Tavshilin
Question: I arrived at Shul and realised that I had forgotten to make my eruv tavshilin. Should I have just relied on my Rav to have made eruv tavshilin on my behalf? Answer: The Shulchan Aruch (OC 527:7) writes that the Rav should make an eruv on behalf of anyone in his community who forgets or loses theirs. However, one cannot rely on this instead of choosing to make one. One who forgets two consecutive times is no longer considered accidental and it would not help to rely on this (Baer Heitev OC 527:6). If one arrived in shul and realized that they had forgotten to make an eruv before Yom Tov, they should go home if they can still make one before Yom Tov. Alternatively, one may call home and ask someone else (such as one’s wife) to do so on their behalf. The Tiferes Yisroel (Beitza 2:1) writes that one can designate food that they have at home, and omit the words behadein eruva, with this eruv . However, R’ Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss (Minchas Yitzchak 7:36) writes that this...