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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: Re: [Avodah] why stop learning?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4F34C869.2030702@zahav.net.il">4F34C869.2030702@zahav.net.il</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I heard a Gra story once in which someone who had the only lulav in town allowed the Gra to use it on condition that the owner get the tzchut. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Gra agreed but later said that there is no such thing as giving away a tzchut. How he agreed to the deal if it was worthless wasn't explained<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Don’t know about the lulav story ( I would welcome a source) but there are two versions of the Gra and ‘kiyum hamitzvah shelo al m’nas l’kabel pras, one with an esrog in <i>Pinos Habayis</i>,and one with hadasim, in <i>Hag</i>aon.<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>