Zev Sero wrote: > Which chachamim? Bear in mind that the halacha accepted by everybody > until about 1800 was that one may *not* do so, and *not* to worry about > eivah. I think you mean "at 1800", not "until 1800". Certainly there were lenient opinions earlier. Try reading Jacob Katz's book "Exclusiveness and Tolerance". David Riceman