Re: OFF: What's Negiya

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Well, you might have had physical contact -- you just never knew it.
(And I hear that spring is a very nice day there.)
George (born in Poughkeepsie, where a 16-inch snowfall is a flurry)
Robinson



Alex Lubet wrote:
> 
> >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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