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class=449451510-14112008> There was a </SPAN>quote<SPAN
class=449451510-14112008> </SPAN>in the New Jersey Jewish
News <SPAN class=449451510-14112008> that his Rabbi told </SPAN>
Rahm Emanuel that it was permissible to take <SPAN
class=449451510-14112008> a </SPAN>conference call on Rosh Hashanah
about the bailout package because "I felt it was a case of Pikuach
Nefesh". <SPAN class=449451510-14112008> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=449451510-14112008><FONT face=Arial>Without
commenting on the applicability in this case, are there thsuvot that examine the
boundaries of "indirect" pikuach nefesh for a tzibbur; and the interplay with
the level of issur?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=449451510-14112008> </SPAN>Kol Tuv, <BR>Joel Rich</FONT>
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