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<DIV>RMS wrote in part:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>we have
a greater <BR>obligation that we act right than that they believe
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<DIV>Really-if as RYBS posited, both Bris Avos and Bris Sinai are the defining
elements of Jewish identity, being Orthodox is as important as being
Orthoprax-AFAIK, the psulim of edus and re shecitah of a Mchalel Shabbos are
because the person is a kofer in Brias HaOlam and Gpd's role in history. </DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Brizel</DIV>
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