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face=Arial>From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine@stevens.edu><BR>[RYL linked to
the following article:]</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Dancing on Shabbos?<BR><BR>The article below is <BR>from
http://www.cckollel.org/html/parsha/vayikra/shemini5763.html<BR><BR><BR>Clapping
and Dancing on Shabbos<BR><BR>Rabbi Avi Weinrib<BR><BR>What is
Dancing?<BR><BR>Stepping back for a moment, it is incumbent upon us to define
what is <BR>included in the category of dancing. There is obviously a difference
<BR>between walking around in a circle and dancing. The Toras Shabbos
<BR>[O.H.339-2] based on a Yerushalmi defines dancing as the action when <BR>one
picks up his first foot, then before it fully returns to the <BR>ground, the
second foot has already begun to rise. Any form of moving <BR>around in a circle
that would not include this would be permitted.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Only to the
Tune?<BR><BR>The Aruch HaShulchan [339-9] raises another point. He maintains
that <BR>the only clapping and dancing that was forbidden was where one is in
<BR>tune with the song. ... Any form of clapping or <BR>dancing, which is
sporadic and not done in tune, would be permitted. <BR>Although some Poskim
disagree with the Aruch HaShulchan, many see <BR>this a basis for those who are
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<DIV>So if the dancing is clumsy and the clapping is out of sync with the tune,
then whatever you are calling "dancing" and "clapping" would be permitted on
Shabbos. I deduce that Litvaks are allowed to dance on Shabbos and
chassidim are not.</DIV>
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<DIV>But in the real world the practice seems to be the other way around?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial
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