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color=#0000ff>R'HS was very clear- eat within parameters of halacha=no
timtum.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=911552916-16032010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>I think his pay grade is high enough for me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=911552916-16032010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>KT<BR>Joel Rich</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> avodah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org
[mailto:avodah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Joseph C.
Kaplan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Avodah@aishdas.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> Kenneth Miller; David
Cohen<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Avodah] Timtum Halev<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>RAM writes: "Even the very best of hechsherim is not perfect; if someone
totally innocently ate such food, and it turned out to be treif, would you say
that it is not m'tamtem his lev even a tiny bit? What about someone whose
tefillin had been checked over the years by a dozen expert sofrim, and only
decades later was it discovered that an entire word was missing; Hashem can
give him all sorts of credits for trying, but do you think that he'll really
get full credit as if the word had been there all along?"</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know what RDC, to whom the questions were directed, would answer,
but I would answer "yes" to both questions. Of course, what do I
know about this. But I think RAM's comment about "being above my pay
scale" applies to almost everyone with respect to these matters.</DIV>
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