[Avodah] kamtza and bar-kamtza

[Eli Turkel]

On Sun, July 15, 2007 4:04 am, R Eli Turkel wrote:
: The Jews on the contrary always act without thinking of the
: consequences (see last Tosafot Gittin 65b).... In the last two
: stories the Jews start up with the Romans over minor customs that
: certainly are not within "yehareg ve-al ya-aovor".

Except that besha'as hashemad, you can't even cave in on shoelace
color, no? Is that because one is hiding Jewish identity, or because
in times of shemad, every hanhagah is yeihareig ve'al ya'avor?>>

The Romans were not trying to stop the minhag. The Jews took the
initiative (not passive) because of what the Romans did inadvertently.
This was not  besha'as hashemad,

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Eli Turkel
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