[Avodah] avoda//Re: maarit ayin at birchas levana...

[Harvey Benton]

never heard of the leaping thing, 

but the aino yehudim (or people that are not that frum

don't know of these nuances..... 

mecz
cc: my brother (jeff, or avodah, if propriate.....)


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From: Joshua Meisner <jmeisner at gmail.com>
To: Harvey Benton <harvw613 at yahoo.com>; A High-Level Torah Discussion Group <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Avodah] maarit ayin at birchas levana...


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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