<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>never heard of the leaping thing, <br></span></div><div><span>but the aino yehudim (or people that are not that frum<br></span></div><div>don't know of these nuances..... <br></div><div>mecz</div><div>cc: my brother (jeff, or avodah, if propriate.....)<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Joshua Meisner <jmeisner@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Harvey Benton <harvw613@yahoo.com>; A High-Level Torah Discussion Group <avodah@lists.aishdas.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:44 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Avodah] maarit ayin at birchas levana...<br></font><br><div id="yiv2142546532"><div class="yiv2142546532gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Harvey Benton <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:harvw613@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:harvw613@yahoo.com">harvw613@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv2142546532gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div><span>why would we care (or not care) that people driving (walking by) at time of birchas levana</span></div>
<div><span>might think we are worshipping, (or blessing the moon) as it may be???<var></var></span></div>
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<div> <br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br>The Magen Avraham (O.Ch. 426:8-9), quoting the Shloh, states that it is assur to look at the moon after the original glance to determine its location, and that one should be careful not to bend one's knees while leaping towards it, so as to not appear to be bowing to the moon.<br>
<br>Joshua Meisner<br>
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