[Avodah] maarit ayin at birchas levana...

[Joshua Meisner]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Harvey Benton <harvw613 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> why would we care (or not care) that people driving (walking by) at time of
> birchas levana
> might think we are worshipping, (or blessing the moon) as it may be???
>
>

The Magen Avraham (O.Ch. 426:8-9), quoting the Shloh, states that it is
assur to look at the moon after the original glance to determine its
location, and that one should be careful not to bend one's knees while
leaping towards it, so as to not appear to be bowing to the moon.

Joshua Meisner
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