The Rebbe's Discussion With Israel's Chief Rabbis About Yerushalayim and Reshus Harabim, 26 Adar II 5746
During the Rebbe's meeting with Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Mordechai Eliyahu, Rabbi Eliyahu discusses the eruv of Yerushalayim, the Old City walls, shishim ribo, and the curved streets of the newer city. The exchange runs from approximately 1:28 to 1:34 in the complete recording.
The Old City walls
Rabbi Eliyahu speaks about the eruv and acquisition arrangements in Yerushalayim and turns to the walls of the Old City. A walled city presents a different physical question from the open neighborhoods built beyond those walls.
The walls do not automatically enclose every later part of Yerushalayim. The roads and openings connecting old and new areas have to be considered in their own form.
Rabbi Eliyahu's position on shishim ribo
At approximately 1:31:30, Rabbi Eliyahu explains that his psak does not require six hundred thousand and says that nowadays there is no reshus harabim. He is the sustained speaker in this portion of the conversation.
The statement is Rabbi Eliyahu's halachic position as presented to the Rebbe. The recording should not be quoted as though the Rebbe himself had declared that shishim ribo was irrelevant in every modern city.
The streets of newer Yerushalayim
Rabbi Eliyahu then notes that the streets of the newer city do not run straight through. At approximately 1:33:07, the Rebbe interjects lo mefulash. Rabbi Eliyahu continues that this keeps the route from being de'oraisa according to his approach.
The brief exchange treats the curves and openings of the actual Yerushalayim street plan as halachic facts. It does not state a universal rule that any turning city street ceases to be reshus harabim.
The discussion remains about Yerushalayim
The complete event was checked beyond the six-minute eruv exchange. The speakers remain with Yerushalayim, including the Old City and newer city; Crown Heights is not mentioned in connection with shishim ribo.
The audio is a direct example of the Rebbe and a Chief Rabbi considering local streets and walls. Rabbi Groner's testimony and the neighborhood Beis Din rulings address Crown Heights itself.