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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Nov 20, 2007 7:25 AM, Arie
Folger
<<a href="mailto:afolger@aishdas.org">afolger@aishdas.org</a>>
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<dd>Says who? An ultrarationalist. Many would interpret this literally,
lo levazot<br>
<dd>et hamitzvot, even if the 'hallah doesn't know the difference. This
might<br>
<dd>belong to proper religious mannerisms.</blockquote>
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Even if the challah *does* know -- we're not doing it for the sake of the
Challah, al pi RambaN, right? After all, if shiluach haKen is not
for the sake of the bird, then, it would seem to me kal v'chomer that
covering the challah is not for the sake of the challah. The Rabman
was far from an ultra-rationalist.<br><br>
And then there's the many-told story of the Chofetz Chaim, who witnessed
a man embarrassing his wife for not covering the challah. Whether
the story is accurate or not, it certainly doesn't work if the C"C
didn't think the mitzvah was, al pi Ramban, to inculcate values among
ourselves.<br><br>
-- Sholom<br><br>
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