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[Zev Sero]

On 5/07/2011 2:11 PM, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Harvey Benton <harvw613 at yahoo.com <mailto:harvw613 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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>     why the difference in loshon ( go to peace) when escorting someone away, versus an angel, whom we say in lecha dodi, come "in" peace??
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> The last page of massechet brachot says we say "lech l'shalom" and not "lech b'shalom" to living people, and "lech b'shalom" to people who have passed away with pesukim as sources. (David said "lech b'shalom to Avshalom and look what happened...)
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> Maybe because angels and people who have passed away don't have free will and can't make the kind of problems Avshalom made there is no problem of wishing them "lech b'shalom".

I'm confused by the question, and even more confused by this answer.
When do we ever tell anyone, angel or not, "lech besholom", whether in
Lecha Dodi or anywhere else?

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