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From: kramer@aecom.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: whistling - mutar
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Date: Mon, 21-May-84 16:42:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 21 16:42:17 1984
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	I asked my Rebbe Rabbi Herschel Shachter whether there was a makor
(source) for an issur (prohibition) to whistle. He told me no and as a matter
of fact the Magen Avraham says that it is even permissible on Shabbat (or
Shabbis). He did tell me though that in Europe it was looked down upon
because they said that it's a goyish thing to do (whatever that means). But
there is no makor for this in halacha. Rabbi Shachter is a Rosh Yeshiva at
YU and is the Rabbi at the branch of K'hal Adas Yisrael (Breuers). His 
psak is very reliable.


Benjy Kramer
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