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From: abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (abeles)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Torah Articles - a proposal.
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 12:26:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 12:26:42 1985
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> 	The following is an idea that I have been thinking about and
> would like to present to the net.jewish community to determine the
> interest or opposition to it. Basically, it is to present a weekly short
> to medium length (50-200 lines) dvar torah on the parshat hashavua (
> torah based article(?) on the weekly torah reading portion). ...
>                                                           ... I am
> suggesting that this particular posting be in accordance with the
> orthodox halachic tradition. ...
>                                ...   and that those who differ with
> halachic Judaism are willing to n-key or read as they please without
> flaming or attacking.
> 
> Avi Feldblum
> uucp: {allegra, ihnp4}!pruxa!ayf
> 
You basically have two options, Avi.  One is to establish a private
mailing list of recipients for the articles.  Another is to open it
up to the entire net.

I have long on this net advocated that those traditional Jews such as
yourself (note to readers: we are personally acquainted) should show 
others by example.  However, the interest has been too low up until
now on the part of people like Teitz and Martillo.

You cannot reasonably expect all people to agree with your point of
view, so I find your last suggestion above to be out of line.  This
is not the Kollel in Lakewood (or Breuer's in Washington Heights); 
we allow diversity of opinion here and if you don't feel that others' 
opinions are equally legitimate then this is probably not the right 
option.  A private mailing list would be better, and incidentally,
I would like to be on it.

However, as a practical matter I don't think you will encounter much
difficulty if you post articles on parshat hashavua.  Again, in general,
I would prefer that rather than telling others what to do, other Orthodox
Jews would show by example in non-coercive style what their point of
view is.  You might even catch more flies with honey than otherwise.

--J. Abeles
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