Kent Swigard

Frum Resources

Included within Seattle's estimated Jewish population of approximately 37,000 is a vibrant and growing orthodox community.

Orthodox Synagogues

Jewish Schools

A list showing pre-school through high school.

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Seattle Area Kosher Dining
a list of kosher restaurants in the Seattle area.

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The Seattle Times Visits Seward Park.
Click here to read an article on the home of Seattle's largest frum community.

Welcome to the Seward Park Eruv Seattle's Jewish community in Seward Park completed building its eruv in the fall of 1990. One of the world's most respected poskim on eruvin, Rabbi Shimon Eider of Lakewood, New Jersey, designed and reviewed the eruv and has enthusiastically hailed it as impeccably correct. The eruv satisfies, maximally, all of the three basic requirements for an eruv:

  • The formal leasing has been transacted with the Mayor of the City of Seattle.
  • An Eruv Chatzerot was instituted and is kept at Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Congregation.
  • The "Door Images," Tzurot Hapesach, have been constructed to meet every stringency while keeping the eruv viable.

To use the eruv, it is your responsibility to determine, every Friday, the operational status of the eruv. Call (206) 725-ERUV for a status report. Those using the eruv should also know that the eruv's borders in many cases enclose only one side of the street.

For more specific information on the eruv, contact Marshall Hartholz, 725-1273.

Click Here to see larger eruv map: