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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN class=708165814-22112010>What
do you do if, while you are davening the Amidah, guests arrive and one
needs to interrupt it to greet them? (let's assume that, if you didn't interrupt
the Amidah, the guests would give up and you would lose the chance of hachnasat
orchim).</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>One the one hand, we learn from
t</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN class=708165814-22112010>he
Gemara in Shabbat (127a) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb>"gadol hachnasas orchim
mikabalas pnei ha'shechinah<SPAN class=708165814-22112010>" (because
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=en-gb>Avraham <SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>interrupted his conversation with HKBH in order to
greet the </SPAN>melachim<SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>).</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>On the other hand, </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>I'm not aware of any halacha that allows one to
interrupt one's </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb>Amidah for <SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>hachnasat orchim. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN class=708165814-22112010>Why
is that?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>(especially when you consider that our davening is,
presumably, a lower level of engaging with HKBH than Avraham's was. So kal
vechomer, we should be able to interrupt it to carry out hachnasat
orchim).</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN class=708165814-22112010>My
9-year-old daughter's question, not mine - any
thoughts?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN class=708165814-22112010>kol
tuv</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=en-gb><SPAN
class=708165814-22112010>Jonny</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><!--[object_id=#SID=01050000000000051500000042e48622085eb569d4df0b0080190000#]--><HR>
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