Re: OFF: What's Negiya

[Alex Lubet <lubet001...>]

>Off-topic-wise, wouldn't frigid cold--in Buffalo, Minneapolis, 
>Fargo, N.D., or (yeccch) Boston--maybe justify--rigidly 
>halakhically, mind you--some relaxation of lo negiyah?  I mean, you 
>need to keep warm ...
>
Actually, during the winter, which runs here from July to June, we 
need to wear so many clothes at all times (especially with fuel costs 
these days) that anything that would pass for physical contact is 
impossible.



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