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- From: clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
- Subject: Re: Send a fax to the Almighty!!!
- Message-ID: <C1I9u5.CxD.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 09:18:03 GMT
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- <4664@bimacs.BITNET> <1993Jan25.180754.10043@nynexst.com>
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- In-Reply-To: schwartz@nynexst.com's message of Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:07:54 GMT
- Originator: clamen@BYRON.SP.CS.CMU.EDU
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- In article <1993Jan25.180754.10043@nynexst.com> schwartz@nynexst.com (Steven Schwartz) writes:
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- In article <4664@bimacs.BITNET>, ehrlich@bimacs.BITNET (Gideon Ehrlich) writes:
- > To my best knowledge the origionator of that idiotic custom of puting
- > the garbage beneeth the western wall stones is Rabin who hold the
- > title of chief of staff during the six day war.
- > When he arrived to the western wall he put there some written paper.
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- > Religious persons never put papers there.
-
- Wrong. Completely, patently, utterly, wrong.
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- BTW, the Throne Above has -always- been a local call in Yerushalayim.
- :-)
-
- Since David moved the Aron Koshesh there in any case.
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- So, what is the origin (if known) of the custom? What is it's minimum
- age?
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