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From: ariels@orca.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Fence around the Torah
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Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 12:20:04 EST
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When they told me to make a fence, they implied that it meant to
follow not only the mitzvot, but to follow even stricter than the
mitzvot.  For example, I was taught that treating bird flesh like
mammal flesh with respect to Kashrut was initially a "siag" (fence),
and since tradition becomes law, so to this became law.  

With respect to Hebrew... Hebrew is the language of Israel, so you speak 
it as they speak it in Israel ... like Sephardic.  In fact, Ashkenaz
Jews in Israel speak modern (Sephardic brand) Hebrew everyday, and
pray in Ashkenaz.


Ariel Shattan
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