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size=2>From: "Micha Berger" <A
href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</A><BR>: Wasn't there some
story (someone please tell me where) about the city<BR>: of Luz, a kind of
Shangri-la where no one ever died, but when they got<BR>: very old and tired of
living, they would just leave the city? Was that<BR>: allowed?
[--TK]<BR><BR>>>I would assert that Luz as described didn't exist.
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<DIV>I agree that it didn't actually exist, but nevertheless, taking the story
on its own terms -- when people left the city, were they doing something wrong
by leaving?</DIV>
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<DIV>You also wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>>>In either case, if Luz did exist, it would probably refer
to<BR>pre-Yaaqov Beis-El, and the people leaving it to die
weren't<BR>necessarily Jewish.<<<BR></DIV>
<DIV>However, bnai Noach are not allowed to commit suicide -- that
falls under "not killing" in the sheva mitzvos.</DIV></DIV>
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