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On the Mainline has a very interesting post with the above title at
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/8yyzykd" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/8yyzykd</a><br><br>
Below are some excerpts.<br><br>
<font size=3>Interestingly, the Misnagdim did not know that Mendelssohn
was doomed to 18 million years in Hell, and there was a time when the
following did occur.<br><br>
In 1799 an anonymous book called Sefer Ha-bris was printed in Bruenn. It
was written by Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Hurwitz of Vilna (1765-1821),
although no reader would have known it at the time, unless you knew the
author (and he left hints, as we will see below). <br><br>
In the censor's page, Karl Fischer describes the book as full of
"firsternen, kometen (astronomy), logik, physik, geographie,
botannik, optik and anatomie." In other words, it is a science book.
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The book became an instant classic, eventually being reprinted many, many
times. It discusses everything from America to geese that grow on trees
in Scotland. <br><br>
Thus, we see that there was a time when the public could actually believe
that the same Torah-Science work was either written by the Vilna Gaon or
Moses Mendelssohn. <br><br>
Please see the above URL for the entire most interesting and well
researched article. YL<br>
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