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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#808080><SPAN class=128591214-29112007>R' HS gave an
interesting shiur last night on halacha's view of perception versus reality.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#808080><SPAN class=128591214-29112007>Some examples
were the squareness of tfillin, the kashrut of letters in a sefer torah,worms in
fish (kosher if "internal"),tzurat hapetach, enzymes from stomach lining,
sunrise sunset rally based on sea level.....</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#808080><SPAN class=128591214-29112007>His last
statement was that there is no underlying rule as to whether halacha looks
to perception or reality and that each case must be evaluated
separately.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#808080><SPAN class=128591214-29112007>Of course I
was hoping for a meta answer (my yeshiva training was to always look for the
unified field theory). Anyone ever see anything on this?<BR>KT<BR>Joel
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