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<DIV><BR>>> The Super Bowl Maariv works quite handily with Halakhic
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<DIV>The dialectic tension between homo-religiousus and cognitive man
is<BR>nothing more than the process by which one arrives at the state
of<BR>Halachic man.<< [--RHM]</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I would like to suggest that anyone who is not actually RYBS should refrain
from trying to sound like him. It is better to use plain everyday
prose. The above sentence conveys no meaning and inadvertently comes out
sounding like a parody of a great man rather than a homage to him. </DIV>
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<DIV>I also think it highly unlikely that RYBS would have approved of a shul
changing its regular davening time to accommodate the Super Bowl. </DIV>
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<DIV>As long as they can get ten men to come at the regular time, that should be
the time of davening in the shul. The other fifty men can arrange their
own ad hoc minyanim if they like, even in the shul building if the rabbi doesn't
mind, but the shul should not officially recognize that the Super Bowl is
docheh Maariv.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hm but I just thought of a counter-argument to what I just wrote a second
ago. Some shuls in my neighborhood have Shacharis an hour later on
Sundays than other weekdays, and also start later on legal holidays. Some
people think this is improper, but it's what the shuls do. So obviously
it's permissible and maybe even the preferred thing to do, in order to
maximize the number of men who will come to minyan?</DIV>
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<DIV>Ay, I think I'm beginning to understand the tension between
homo-religiousus and cognitive man.... </DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><STRONG>--Toby Katz<BR>=============</STRONG><BR>Romney -- good
values, good family, good
hair<BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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