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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Haloween and Jews
Message-ID: <1222@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 13:16:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 13:16:33 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 06:58:13 EST
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Reply-To: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton
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Summary: 

If you view Halloween as a secular holiday, there is still the
fascinating problem of what to do when trick-or-treat night falls
on the Sabbath.  On these years, our children have not gone
out.  They cannot carry, and the spirit of trick-or-treat does not
seem to us compatible with the spirit of Sabbath (although the idea
of going to visit neighbors, and even being offered refreshements,
should not be a problem.)

Halloween, viewed as a secular holiday, is extremely materialistic.
I've always found it to be a good political indicator -- Democrats do
well in the elections when there is lots of candy flowing in the
streets.

	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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