Does giving money (a coin) to a baker/shopkeeper and saying 'acquire the eruv on my behalf' (zakheh li) constitute a valid eruv?
Synopsis
When a person gives money to a baker or shopkeeper and simply says 'acquire the eruv for me,' the eruv is invalid, because money does not effect a halakhic acquisition (kinyan). The payer's intent is to purchase, not to gift, so the shopkeeper's later act of zikui (conferral) on the payer's behalf is also ineffective under most opinions.
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