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<font size=3>At 03:09 PM 7/3/2011, Liron Kopinsky wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> The following is from
<a href="http://www.thehalacha.com/attach/Volume4/Issue4.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.thehalacha.com/attach/Volume4/Issue4.pdf</a><br>
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> One should try not to buy pas akum foods (even for a snack)27 out of
honor<br>
> for Shabbos<br>
><br><br>
Why would not buying pas akum "out of honor for Shabbos"
override eating<br>
your favorite cookies on Shabbos for the same reason?</blockquote><br>
Let me say the following regarding things written in Halachically
Speaking written by R. Lebovits. R. Lebovits writes in each
issue that a good deal of what he writes is from R. Y. Belsky's
piskei halacha. <br><br>
Some the things written in Halachically Speaking seem to me to be either
incorrect or a bit off the wall or both. This is my personal
opinion. <br><br>
I had a rather extensive back and forth with R. Lebovits on the issue of
mouthwash. He wrote that one should use only mouthwash that is
under rabbinical supervision and that according to R. Belsky mouthwash
contains glycerin that is from a non-kosher source. IIRC Scope and
Listerine were named as ones that one should not use.<br><br>
I pointed out to R. Lebovits that both of these mouthwashes are permitted
for use on Pesach, and hence most certainly should be OK for all year
round use. I further pointed out to him that Listerine does not
contain glycerin (see http://www.Listerine.com/products/product-cool-mint
) and that when I called Scope I was told that the glycerin they use is
from an artificial source. Based on this I wrote to R. Lebovits
that he should correct what he had written about not using Scope and
Listerine. He wrote back to me saying that one cannot believe what
the companies tell you!!!! <br><br>
As a result of all of this, I am not too impressed with a lot of what is
written on Halachically Speaking. I send some things out from it
from time to time get people thinking a bit. <br><br>
I believe that most people know by now that just because I send something
out does not mean that I agree with all or even any of it.
YL<br><br>
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