[Avodah] Consumer Alert: Minhog Scams On The Rise!

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:04:26PM -0400, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
: Paraphrasing R' AM:
: Perhaps it is comparable to the practice of making simple and inexpensive
: weddings. I have heard many people comment about a fancy wedding that it run
: counter to Jewish values, but this is arguably untrue...

Provably so, from a maamar chazal many (most of the men) of us say every
morning, "Eilu devarim she'ein lahem shiur ... vehakhnasas kallah".

I think it's more a matter of a situation that brings values into
conflict. (Diehard YUers can say the words "dialectic tension" here to
avoid the internal pressure that could be caused by holding it
in.) Mitzad the wedding itself, any penny spent lesameach chasan vekalah
is valued. Mitzad starting the couple on a life of histapqus, though...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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