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size=2>From: "Richard Wolpoe" <A
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size=2>>>Both from the wording of the Rema and from RMF in the
aforementioned IM<BR>[which no one has seemed to consult --smile--] It LOOKS
like the heter here<BR>is in the realm of: "Well frum people do it so it MSUT be
ok." To me that<BR>is a flimsy post facto rationale that has a very
slippery slope and is<BR>easily exploited.<<<BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
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size=2>>>>>><BR>I know nothing about the halachic literature on
this subject (except what I've read on Avodah) but maybe someone can tell me if
this makes sense: maybe there's a heter to dance on Shabbos precisely
because you are dancing with other people, but not to dance by yourself (if
you'd even want to). I'm thinking of the halacha -- please correct me if I've
gotten this wrong -- that you can't read by candlelight if you're by yourself,
because you might adjust the wick, but you can read by candlelight if other
people are around, because they'll stop if you start to move the candle.
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size=2>So maybe if you're dancing with other people, there's no danger that
you'll use musical instruments? (And BTW isn't the issur of using musical
instruments based on the fear that you'll tune or fix the instruments? So
not dancing puts that issur at two removes -- you /might/ use an instrument and
then you /might/ tune it. If you're with other people, there are three
removes: you might tune an instrument only because you might pick it up
only because all the other people in the room might not notice you picking
up the guitar in time to stop you.)</FONT></DIV>
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