Reply To: Donating a Gemara to a Catholic College

Reb Moshe says that it is matir to teach a class if a goy happens to walk in; i.e. you don’t have to interrupt the class if a goy is present or walks in.

I am more concerned with the fact that the employee in question said in his own words that the Gemara is a “reference work for scholars and beginning students alike who are interested in Biblical history” and who is delighted about “Seton Hall, where the study of the Bible is so clearly emphasized.”

It is rather scary that someone believes that the study of the Christian Bible and the study of galuchim for the seminary warrants the Gemaras being there, and that he thinks that the Christian academic endeavor is something Jews ought to be proud of. That is what gets me very peturbed about this.

And just to let everyone know- I attend SHU right now for study, sometimes for many hours on end. I speak to the library staff, and they say that I am the only one who has ever opened them to date. (It makes my suitcase lighter).