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<DIV>In a message dated 3/19/2007 3:22:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
avodah-request@lists.aishdas.org writes:</DIV>
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WRT to orthopraxy - in general, someone who makes kiddush and is
shomer<BR>shabbat is me'id on briat haolam. The notion of hezkat
kashrut means that<BR>unless we have specific knowledge to the contrary,
someone who is orthoprax<BR>has the hazaka of being orthodox - and we don't
normally check ikkarim....</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>The Talmud tells us that someone who recites Krias Shema without Tefilin is
considered as if he is giving false testimony because of the connection between
Tefilin and Shema. While the recitation of Kiddush and Havdalah accomplishes the
mitzvas aseh of sanctifying Shabbos verbally at the beginning and departure of
Shabbos, OTOH, I know of no source wherein it is stated that reciting Kiddush is
considered as if one sanctifies Shabbos by refraining from melacha. </DIV>
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<DIV>Steve Brizel</DIV>
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