On Sun, July 15, 2007 4:04 am, R Eli Turkel wrote:<br>: The Jews on the contrary always act without thinking of the<br>: consequences (see last Tosafot Gittin 65b).... In the last two<br>: stories the Jews start up with the Romans over minor customs that
<br>: certainly are not within "yehareg ve-al ya-aovor".<br><br>Except that besha'as hashemad, you can't even cave in on shoelace<br>color, no? Is that because one is hiding Jewish identity, or because<br>
in times of shemad, every hanhagah is yeihareig ve'al ya'avor?>><br><br>The Romans were not trying to stop the minhag. The Jews took the<br>initiative (not passive) because of what the Romans did inadvertently.
<br>This was not besha'as hashemad, <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eli Turkel