May a Jew Admire Holiday Lights?

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December 24 2023
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39min 42s
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Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

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Avodah Zarah,  Non-Jews 

References: Avoda Zara: 17A ,  Sanhedrin: 63B ,  Avoda Zara: 20A ,  Avoda Zara: 46A  

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Mother-Daughter (teen) learning program asking: May a Jew admire Christmas lights on homes and trees? Exploring the issue from the perspective of strict halachah as well as the broader dynamic of living as a Jewish minority in a non-Jewish culture.

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Miriam & Alan Goldberg and Ruth Peyser Kestenbaum to mark the thirteenth yahrtzeit of their father, Irwin Peyser, Harav Yisroel Chaim ben R’ Dovid V’ Fraidah Raizel Peyser and by Dr. Harris and Elisheva Teitz Goldstein l’zecher nishmos his parents, Rabbi Dr. Noah Goldstein, HaRav Noach ben Yitzchak David zt’l, and Beverly Goldstein, Bayla bas Noach Ze’ev z’l, on their yahrzeits this week