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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Something that has puzzled me for some
time is the labeling of ordinary midot as somehow constituting a Kiddush Hashem.
Honestly, it is quite common among Jews and non-Jews alike to go to funerals. I
submit that the vast majority of people do so regardless of the religion of the
dead person, it is more a function of the relationship they had with the
person. Does anyone really think that a religious Jew going to a funeral of a
non-Jewish person will somehow be seen as a function of their Jewishness and/or
their specifically Jewish relationship with God?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><i><font size=2 color="#ff8040" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#FF8040;font-style:italic'>Dov
Weinstock </span></font></i></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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