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<DIV>On 12/29/06, Micha Berger <<A
href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</A>> wrote:<BR>> Think
how many shuls you know have a duchan built like a stage<BR>> -- no maakah.
We think of Judaism in very rite-based terms: frumkeit, not<BR>>
ehrlachkeit.<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 427:3
explicitly exempts a shul from a maakeh.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Presumably, though, if it were truly a dangerous situation
there would still be a lifnei iver obligation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Be well,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mordechai</FONT></DIV>
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