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It doesn’t work that way. Halacha dictates what is a risk and there is a clear process of determining risk. Theres a big difference between inconvenience and risk. When in genuine doubt if something is a risk ask a qualified Orthodox ordained Rabbi.
p.s. Crossing the street is a risk so I advise you not to do so and Im sure you would never drive a car as that is risky, as well as flying in a plane, or even eating non pureed food, you might choke…
As you so wisely said, “If there is the slightest risk we even defer the most stringent positive commandments”
Overdressing a boy who has recently been sick due to heat is clearly an unacceptable risk.
it is not the custom of even the religous jews in my vicinity to wear a kippah outside of the synagogue.
Perhaps your community believes that the halachos of the Shulchan Aruch are stringencies. Such as the halacha in Orach Chaim 2:6 not to walk four amos (6-8 feet) without any sort of head covering.
Personally, I define “religious Jews” as those who proscribe to the halacha. But perhaps that definition is a stringent definition.
Perhaps your community believes that the halachos of the Shulchan Aruch are stringencies. Such as the halacha in Orach Chaim 2:6 not to walk four amos (6-8 feet) without any sort of head covering.
They may not hold like the SA. It is common among Sephardim to only wear a head covering during tefilah & when making a Bracha. Please do not be Motzi La’az on a Kehilah that has done so for thousands of years, well before the SA was written.
gavra: Don’t the Sefardim pasken by SA even more so than the Ashkenazim who often go with the Rema? So why would the Ashkenazim go with the SA on headcovering while the Sefardim don’t?
I believe frum Yeki’s in Germany did not wear head coverings either.
I am fairly certain in many European countries people do not wear kippot for safety reasons.
Frum Yekki’s don’t wear yarmulka’s?
In Europe people would wear a yarmulka or head-covering despite any threat.
In Western Europe you need ID to get into the Shuls or arrange in advance to daven there.
Most have Jersey Barriers in front of them with security guards (I saw the guard in London)
gavra: Don’t the Sefardim pasken by SA even more so than the Ashkenazim who often go with the Rema?
In general, yes. Seemingly though, not in this case. You would have to ask a Sephardi why not, but that is what they have been doing for over 1000 years.
“Don’t the Sefardim pasken by SA even more so than the Ashkenazim who often go with the Rema?”
As a general rule, yes; but as this case shows, every rule has its exceptions.
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