<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 11:19 PM Micha Berger via Avodah <<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 03:59:14PM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:<br>
> When I said that ST is D'Rabbonon I meant that the second day of SA is<br>
> D'Rabbonon.<br>
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Which means you're okay with banning ST celebrations in Israel?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I believe that doing so would be a great Tikkun. The heter "lichvod haTorah" doesn't convince me at all: all the dancing and singing and drinking and shmoozing *while the Torah is being read* seem to me the opposite of kavod. Ditto the practice of calling up everybody in the shul, which is not even a halachic requirement.</div><div><br></div><div>I only wish I could find a minyan that agrees with me on these points.</div><div><br></div></div></div>