Notes
1. B. Baba Metziah 104a. 2. Ibid., 104a.
3. Yitzchak Gilat,"The Relation of Halakhah to Reality,” Studies in Problems of Culture, Education and Society(Hebrew),4, Tel Aviv , 1972, p. 72.
4. Deuteronomy 19.15. 5S. Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Edut 4.1. 6. M. Yevamot 16.7.
7. Not in Heaven, The Nature and Function of Halakhah(sub-section entitled: “Halakhah as the Priority of the Ethical”), New York : KTAV, 1983, p. 19. Vide m chapter"Authority and Criteria in Liberal Halakhah, ” in Dynamic Jewish Law, ed. Walter Jacob and Moshe Zemer , Tel Aviv and Pittsburgh , 1991, p. 14.
8. B. Shabbat 45a.
9. Ibid., 45a. The Parsees , being fire worshippers, decreed that no one may light candles on their(the Parsees ") festivals except in Parsee houses of worship. Fire was forbidden in the houses of Jews at such times. Since the Hanukkah menorah was lit near the street it would have to be hidden whenever a Parsee would approach.