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==Applications== | ==Applications== | ||
# Decorating the shul for [[Shavuot]]: See the [[Shavuot]] page. | # Decorating the shul for [[Shavuot]]: See the [[Shavuot]] page. | ||
# Thanksgiving: see Igrot Moshe (EH 2:13, YD 4:11:4, and YD 8:12 | # Thanksgiving: see Igrot Moshe (EH 2:13, YD 4:11:4, and YD 8:12), Mishna Halachot’s 10:116. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/739399/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Thanksgiving_Celebrations Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on yutorah.org] Rav Schachter in Nefesh HaRav p. 231 cites Rav Soloveitchik as holding that it is permitted to have a thanksgiving meal. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?a=43308 Rav Dovid Yosef (Hilchot Shavuot on TorahAnytime.com)] mentions that it is a problem to have a thanksgiving meal. Pachad Yitchak (Igrot pg 199) holds that it is a problem to celebrate thanksgiving. | ||
# Doctors wearing the white coat: see Rama YD 178:1 based on Maharik 88 who holds that there's only a prohibition of following the nonsensical ways of the non-Jews. | # Doctors wearing the white coat: see Rama YD 178:1 based on Maharik 88 who holds that there's only a prohibition of following the nonsensical ways of the non-Jews. | ||
# Graduates wearing caps and gowns: discussion on [http://lookstein.org/lookjed/read.php?1,2306,2320 lookstein.org] | # Graduates wearing caps and gowns: discussion on [http://lookstein.org/lookjed/read.php?1,2306,2320 lookstein.org] | ||
