[Avodah] Oleh al shulchan melachim

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Thu Aug 9 16:46:57 PDT 2012


On 8/08/2012 12:50 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> 1- I do believe that junk foods are olos al shulchan melakhim. For
> example, Ronald Reagan's famous love of Jelly Belly (brand jellybeans)
> <http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/jellybellies.html>,
> set out to be available for visting heads of state. Kings do and always
> have enjoyed nosh.

Aren't you ignoring the "shulchan" part?  I'm sure the Queen enjoys
junk food, and it can be found at Buck House, but it would never be
served At Table.

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zev at sero.name    economic sense, mind-boggling though this assertion
                  may be. The stocks of them are not fixed but rather
		 are expanding through human ingenuity."
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