Charles Preston
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Charles Preston is Associate Editor for Religion at Encyclopædia Britannica. He earned a B.A. in Religious Studies from Pomona College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Chicago Divinity School. He held teaching and administrative posts before joining Encyclopædia Britannica in 2024.
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Eruv, in Judaism, a demarcated boundary that permits Jews to carry or push objects outside of the home when observing the Sabbath (Hebrew: Shabbat, from shavat, “cease,” or “desist”). Within an eruv, which is typically made of string and wire and constructed around a neighborhood, Jews observing…
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