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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We aren't robots. Yes we have mesorah, but what is
someone to do when he sees that his father's ways don't do it for him, and at
the same time, he is attracted to a different path?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In addition we have a long tradition of sons
rejecting their father's mesorah and no one questioned their right to do
so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ben</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Larry.Levine@stevens.edu href="mailto:Larry.Levine@stevens.edu">Prof.
Levine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR>Really, this
is fine!!!! What happened to mesora? Is it to be ignored and simply cast
aside?<BR><BR>And here I thought that Yahadus was based on following one's
mesora. YL <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>