About two years ago, at a Chasunah that I attended, the Mesader Kiddushin pointedly asked the potential witnesses if they use the Boro Park Eruv. When one replied that he does, he was promptly disqualified. When he protested in idignation that he relies on his Ruv who holds that it is perfectly acceptible, and, raising his voice, asked the Mesader – “Are you calling me a Mechalel Shabbos?”, the reply he received was – “I am not calling you anything of the kind. What I AM saying is that since Chupah veKidushin are Deoraiso, one needs impeccable witnesses, whose Shabbos observance is unquestionable, whereas yours certainly ISN’T”.
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