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From: hbb@hou5a.UUCP (H.B.Braude)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Heat and light over a menorah
Message-ID: <632@hou5a.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 16:08:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 20 16:08:08 1984
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An issue that bears mention in the  quest  to  have  a  Channukah
Menorah publicly displayed through the auspices of a municipality
or federal agency is the law  of  'Bechukosaihem  Lo  Teilaichu,'
which is an ordinance recorded in the Bible that was given to the
the Jews when they entered the land of Israel. The  gist  of  the
law  is  that  the  Jews  should  not  try  to mimic the modes of
worship  practiced by their neig