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<DIV>RMB wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am saying that in order for halakhah to
work, it much fit the workers<BR>of people. And since people are moved by what
they experience firsthand,<BR>we care more about the experiences the universe
offers than by the<BR>details of the working by which it does
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<DIV>CM responds:</DIV>
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<DIV>If you want to place emphasis on firsthand experience and by what they
experience, you are welcome to try that approach – but not to the point of using
facts that are demonstrably false to the best of current knowledge. Torah is not
meshaker! (not in whole and even not in part – ie it is not OK for the
psychology to be correct but not the underlying facts).</DIV>
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<DIV>RMB wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>To tell the truth, I do not have a single mystical bone in my body – except
perhaps for the Luz bone for techias hamesim.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kol Tuv</DIV>
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<DIV>Chaim Manaster</DIV>
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