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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>>> a. Could it be that
Ardeban (Arteban) kept the mezuzah in his night table as <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>opposed to on the front door?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>> R’ Sero: Rebbi said
it would protect him. Presumably it could only do that if<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>he were doing a mitzvah with it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'> Hmmm, I guess you’re
right.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>>> b. Some authorities
are concerned about a non-Jew throwing away a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>>> parchment</span></font><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> with God’s name on it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>> R’
Sero: But he wouldn't do that to a treasured gift.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'> But it
wasn’t a treasured gift at first. Remember Ardeban’s angry
reaction? If Rebbe wouldn’t have been able to mollify or convince Ardeban
(we’re assuming that he *was* convinced), would Rebbe have taken the
mezuzah back?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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