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From: ask@cbdkc1.UUCP (A.S. Kamlet)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Re: tolerance
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 16:59:35 EST
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> I  have  not  looked  recently  into the question of carrying weapons on
> Shabbat, but I remember that Ribbi Me'ir would  permit  the  wearing  of
> weapons  on the Shabbat even when there was not a question of preserving
> life.  The case of a soldier wearing a rifle on Shabbat for the sake  of
> preserving lives from terrorists is probably not so hard.

The word WEARING (instead of carrying) reminded me of a store in
Brooklyn which made house keys into tie clips. For someone who wanted
to lock his house and not have to carry his house key, he could wear
(not carry) the key.   The tie clip apparently became an article of
clothing when it was worn.
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Art Kamlet  AT&T Bell Laboratories  Columbus {ihnp4 | cbosgd}!cbrma!ask