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<DIV>In a message dated 5/2/2007, chana@kolsassoon.org.uk writes:</DIV>
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size=2>>>Note that this issue comes up in a whole myriad of contexts -
your<BR>husband may well face it, at least indirectly, if he sells CDs and
such<BR>to not such religious Jews - how does he know they won't play them
on<BR>shabbas?<< [--RCL]</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Your whole post was your usual terrific and insightful analysis
-- except just this one point is maybe a little weak. A CD can
certainly be played on weekdays, thus my husband has no obligation to make sure
that his customers do in fact play CDs only on weekdays. The lifnei iver
in the case of a woman opera singer is that a man in the audience necessarily
hears her voice -- it's not as if he can decide to only hear the male singers'
voices. Or in the case of the bikini-clad woman on the beach -- it's not
as if it's possible for a man to look at her and only see her face and
hands -- the way it is possible for someone to play a CD only on weekdays.
If my husband sold CDs that only work on Shabbos your comparison would be
stronger.</DIV>
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<DIV>The opera singer or bikini-wearer seems to me to be a little closer to
someone selling treif meat to a Jew, while my husband's case is more like the
grocer selling cheese blintzes and chopped liver to a customer. How does
he know that the customer won't eat them together? Yet no posek
requires separate stores for milk and meat.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes I did follow your reasoning as to why the opera singer might not be in
technical violation of any halacha -- you compared it to being a lawyer who
takes Jewish clients, which the poskim you cite permit. I still
think the opera would be an exceptionally poor career choice for a
frum woman -- MUCH worse than being a lawyer!</DIV>
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<DIV> :- )</DIV>
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<DIV>[Please note smiley face appended to obviate the possibility of any
umbrage being taken by esteemed Avodah members of the legal
profession.]</DIV></DIV>
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