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size=2>>>>As tone is so hard to gauge on the internet, I am not sure
whether you are saying that the Chofetz Chaim et.al. were insensitive to the
needs of others, or whether you are being sarcastic at the expense of Professor
Sperber. I hope it is the latter! </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>it certainly is and i thought that was clear....</DIV>
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size=2>>>>>Regarding the needs of guests, women, children, the
elderly and so on -- who are waiting hungrily for kiddush and the evening
meal -- may I suggest that there is no need to fast all day erev
Shavuos until after kiddush? </FONT><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>If the evening kiddush and se'udah are
going to start at 9:30 or 10:00, people should eat a light meal around six
o'clock. The late se'udah at night does not have to be a heavy meal
and certainly does not have to be the only meal of the day! Challah,
a main course, a cup of tea and off to the bais medrash to learn [for the
menfolk and some of the liberated womenfolk], or time to toddle off to
bed [for the kidlets and old folks and the rest of the
womenfolk].</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>see OH,
529:1 and commentaries that a half hour before mincha ketanah one should not be
koveiah seuda and this is lechevod yom tov.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>i don't
know what your mincha ketana is, but a half hour before that. if a light
meal is kevi'at seuda, no. fruits and vegetables certainly yes. anything else
like kugel, too much cake, perhaps cylor.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>shlomo</DIV></BODY></HTML>