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Subject: Re: Spiders Haters Unite
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Date: Fri, 2-May-86 13:07:44 EDT
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You might be interested in knowing that according to Jewish Tradition
spiders are not to be killed. The reason is to repay them for saving
King David's life. When King Saul was chasing David, in order to kill him,
young David hid in a cave.  A spider wove a web across the entrance to
the cave after he entered. When King Saul's soldiers came upon the cave, 
the web convinced them the the cave hadn't been entered and they continued
their search elsewhere. Of course, when they pose a threat to human life
this tradition id overridden.