[Avodah] Selling whiskey/bourbon

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 09:09:07AM -0400, David Riceman wrote:
: For another example, consider haverut (as described in the mishna).
: Hullin temei'in were an essential part of an economy driven by scarcity.
: If more than a few people were makpid on eating hullin b'tohorah then
: people would starve since, in the days before pesticides, a large
: proportion of grain would be infested with rodents.

And was "al taharas heqdeish" ever a minhag hamaqom or minhag avos?

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-Micha