[Avodah] A Prayer During Operation Cast Lead

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:10:41 EST
T613K at aol.com wrote:

>> From: Noah Witty _nwitty at optonline.net_ (mailto:nwitty at optonline.net) 
>> (BTW, would  someone be kind enough to articulate the argument for not 
>> using Masorti  tefilla, e.g. if you don't like the reference to 
>> 'Imma-hoat, skip it.

> Noach  Witty

> Same as using a sefer Torah written by minim.

It is not.  Without taking a position on the actual issue of the
utilization of Masorati prayers, this is a flawed analogy; we burn a
Sefer Torah written by a Min since Halachah assumes that it has
certainly been written "Leshem Avodas Kochavim" (Rashi Gittin 45b s.v.
yi'saref, Maggid Mishneh Tefillin 1:13, Taz YD 281:1 and Shach YD
281:1). Masorati are not ovdei avodah zarah any more than Muslims are.

> --Toby  Katz

Yitzhak
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