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<DIV><SPAN class=579215314-18082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3><SPAN class=045442112-19082008>In addition to Iggrot see Piskei Din -
Yerushalayim dinei mamanot ubrurei yuchsin zayin - peh samech daled bamud
537 which holds that it is in the rabbinic category of "hergel ldvar aveira
vkalut rosh" (me- like alcohol, too much tv??)<BR><BR>KT<BR>Joel
Rich</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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