(Eruv plate)
Plate on which members of a community place a commonly owned matzah, which hung over the heads of the worshipers in the synagogue.
Each year on the eve of Passover, the members of a community placed a commonly owned matzah on a dedicated plate, which hung over the heads of the worshipers in the synagogue. The purpose was to transform the common courtyard of the community, and commonly used alleys, into an extension of the private property of the individual tenants, so as to overcome for the year ahead the prohibition against carrying objects from private to public premises on the Sabbath.
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