May the gates of heaven stand open for you on Yom Kippur, and the mercy of the Most High overshadow you on this sacred day, with blessings in the new year already begun. Janko
The sun hath set. Happy 5764! Only 236 years to Y6K. John Bear, who remembers when the buses in New York City first got those step-on treadles to open the rear doors, and my cousin went to the rabbi to find out if stepping on the treadle constituted work, and therefore could not be done on the holy day. The rabbi said yes, which meant my cousin couldn't take the bus to his tennis club. So he asked around until he found a rabbi who said no.
So playing tennis falls in line with "rest", while turning on light switches or getting on a bus is "work"?
Dr Bear has told us that the world's largest diplma mill uses "two printing plants in Jerusalem (one prints men's diplomas; one prints women's -- the entire operation is run under orthodox Jewish law, which is why they do no telemarketing on Saturday)." The owner is "an American rabbi (from Boston), who divides his time between Bucharest and Jerusalem." http://www.degreeinfo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8607 He hasn't told us the name of the rabbi. Some news reports have identified the mill owner as "Henry Heston" (some of the mill's Websites used to be under http://www.henryheston.com); but I can't find any reference to "Rabbi Henry Heston".
