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<DIV><SPAN class=594564714-20082010>R' Micha in his eulogy for Rabbi Ehrenpreis
asked:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=594564714-20082010></SPAN>Meeting Rabbi Ehrenpreis might have
posed a halachic problem: Do I say the <EM>berakah </EM>of “ùðúï îçëîúå ìáùø åãí
— … Who gave from His Wisdom to flesh and blood”, the blessing made on meeting a
superlative secular scholar? Or do I say the <EM>berakhah</EM> “ùçì÷ îçëîúå
ìéøàéå — Who apportioned from His Wisdom to those who have <EM>yir’ah</EM> of
Him” being that this is one of the most brilliant minds I ever met who studied
Torah? Do I say both — and if so, which comes first?</DIV>
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<P class=section1 dir=ltr align=left><SPAN
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class=594564714-20082010><FONT color=#000000 size=3>In Audios #101 on
Hirhurim the following may be of interest:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
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<P dir=ltr><A
href="http://ravkaplan.dafyomireview.com/listen.php?f=%2Faud%2F5770-Halacha%2F5770-55-tzitzis-2-techelesv5g17lmp3"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://ravkaplan.dafyomireview.com/listen.php?f=%2Faud%2F5770-Halacha%2F5770-55-tzitzis-2-techelesv5g17lmp3</U></FONT></A>
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<P dir=ltr>Rav Nissan Kaplan - Tzitzis/Tcheils</B> </P><U>
<P dir=ltr> </P></U>
<P dir=ltr>A nice matched pair (by me – through hasgacha pratit?) of shiurim on
tcheilet/Tzitzit. R’Lebowitz goes through 9 objections to wearing
Tzitzit/tcheilet (most from writings of R’HS) and shows the weakness of the
opposition. R’Kaplan does something similar but includes status of current
"gedolim" sightings.</P>
<P dir=ltr>Bottom line sounds like "Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon,
what have you got to lose" – but change, "you know it don’t come easy".</P>
<P dir=ltr>Economics also may take a part (but interesting to me that a "baal
Nefesh" requirement for Chalav Yisrael at an economic cost is considered
"standard" while a chance to do a possible mitzvah duraita isn’t. Is it a cost
difference?)</P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=4>Also interesting is a quote from R’Hutner (by
R’Kaplan) on no blessing on a ben brit who is a scholar of secular
wisdom.</FONT></STRONG></P></SPAN></SPAN><br><br><table bgcolor=white style="color:black"><tr><td><br>THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE <br>
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