[Avodah] The MB and Spiders

[Prof. Levine]

The following is from today's Hakhel Email Bulletin:

>1.  The Mishna Berura notes that there is a misconception among some 
>that spiders can be dangerous to humans and that killing them is 
>permissible on Shabbos.  This, he writes, is not true, and they are 
>not to be treated as snakes or scorpions.

I sent the following to the editor of this bulletin.

WADR to the MB, please see 
http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html   There it lists 
Brown Recluse Spiders ...deadly and aggressive, Black Widow Spiders 
...highly venomous - can be deadly,  Mouse Spiders ...venomous - 
painful bite, Black House Spiders ...venomous - nausea. See this web 
page for the details of the harm that these spiders can do.

I really think you have to send out a clarification about this issue. YL

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