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<DIV>On Areivim (under the subject line "The soldier returns to the TAY BHMD")
RSBA wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>>Subject: Re: [Areivim] The soldier returns to the TAY
BHMD...<BR>>> ...dressed in civilian clothing - and gets an
Aliyah<BR>>> Proving that it was the uniform - and not the person - that
caused the<BR>>>ruckus.<BR>>> <A
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<DIV>(This had to do with a soldier who was asked to leave a shul because he was
in uniform, but when he went to the same shul dressed in civilian clothes he was
given an aliyah.)<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>R'n RF wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>How impressive. Not.<BR><BR>>In other words, the hooligans who daven
at this shul feel that the<BR>>Arabs have it right. Oh, it's not personal --
we just attack anyone in<BR>>a uniform.<BR><BR>>Maybe not attacking people
who come to daven is a better idea? Radical<BR>>concept, I know. Aren't we in
Elul? I guess some people use a<BR>>different calendar than we
do....<BR><BR>*** Rena</DIV>
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<DIV>To this, RYL responded:</DIV>
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<DIV>>> There is something about statements like this about it being in
Elul<BR>that bothers me. Are we supposed to think that we can "fool"
HaShem<BR>by behaving in a certain way during Elul and then returning to
our<BR>"old" ways? It seems to me that behavior and actions are
either<BR>appropriate and correct from a Torah standpoint the entire year or not
at <BR>all. <<<BR><BR>YL</DIV>
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<DIV>Then RMB moved the thread to Avodah and wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>>> It's a good question, but since the notion of avoiding pas
palter and<BR>other such chumeros during Aseres Yemei Teshuvah is well
established (SA<BR>OC 603:1 mentions "pas shel kutim"; see also MB s"q 1.) So, I
don't think<BR>your sevara is sufficient to upshlug a notion that is practiced
the next<BR>10 days by a large segment of Kelal Yisrael with the support of
numerous<BR>sefarim. <<</DIV>
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<DIV>>>>>></DIV>
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<DIV>What I would like to add, along somewhat related lines to what RMB wrote,
is this:</DIV>
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<DIV>Everyone has heard enough drashos by now to know that this is a common
theme for about half the Jewish year. How can you behave like that, during
sefirah? During the Three Weeks? During the Nine Days? In Elul? In
Tishrei? Just before Chanukah? So close to Purim? With Pesach right around
the corner? We lurch from guilt day to guilt day, with an eye on the calendar to
keep the yetzer hara at bay....</DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</FONT></B><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT
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