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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>On 15/11/2011 4:48 PM, Micha Berger wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I dispute both your assumption of what minhag avoseinu was,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>Do you dispute that spitting when passing a church is minhag avoseinu?!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>As Rabbi Dr. Moshe Tendler responded when I asked him about this issue way back when he was my high school senior rebbe, “It is a Pavlovian response to centuries of persecution by the Church.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Joel Schnur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Senior VP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Government Affairs/Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Schnur Associates, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1350 Avenue of the Americas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Suite 1200<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>New York, NY 10019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tel. 212-489-0600 x204<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fax. 212-489-0203 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:joel@schnurassociates.com">joel@schnurassociates.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.schnurassociates.com/">www.schnurassociates.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>