[Avodah] City named after AZ

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Mon Dec 15 17:27:05 PST 2008


Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
> R' Simon Montagu:
> I remember once an announcement in Oxford shul including directions to the location of a meeting. Rather than mention the name of the college they said something like "The third turning on the right after you-know-who you-know-what".
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> 
> Sanhedrin 63b: Shelo Yomar... Shmor Li B'tzad Avodas Kochavim Plonis.

The chiddush here is that it's not actually an AZ at all; it's a college
that was named for a building that was named for an AZ.  And yet people
try to avoid naming it, because it just doesn't feel right.


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