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size=2>: True, but doesn't this get to an issue of the Torah was given for
all<BR>: times and all places? [--RJR]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>>>Well, not the laws of a kohein gadol.<<<BR><BR>-- <BR>Micha
Berger </FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Given that the Torah was given for all times and all places, you must
consider that where the Torah seems to contradict current mores, Torah trumps
current mores and we are supposed to view current mores through Torah eyes
rather than view the Torah through the eyes of current secular mores. A
classic example would be the Torah's attitude towards homosexual activity, which
it unequivocally calls "to'evah." </DIV>
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<DIV>(But I do agree that the idea of a 12-year-old girl marrying a man
of 40 or 50 is quite distasteful, and I wonder if there are any other
opinions that would enable a widowed KG to get around that.)</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>=============<BR></FONT><FONT
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PTSIZE="10"></B>President Reagan talked with the Soviets while pushing ahead
with the deployment of Cruise and Pershing missiles in Europe. He spoke softly —
after getting himself a bigger stick. --Mark Steyn</FONT><FONT lang=0
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