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| | Weekly-Halacha, Parshas Vaeschanan, 5757 - Torah.org |
 | | All Jews - without exception - are obligated to follow the rulings of the Shulchan Aruch, whether scientifically understood or not. |
 | | The prohibition against eating certain peeled foods, however, is omitted by many of the Rishonim(7) and the Shulchan Aruch, probably because they held that this particular "spirit of impurity" was no longer prevalent in their times(8). |
 | | While omitted by the Shulchan Aruch, this warning is cited by some Rishonim(9), and recorded as practical Halachah by several of the later authorities, among them the Pri Chodosh, Shulchan Aruch Harav(10), Aruch ha-Shulchan(11) and Ben Ish Chai. |
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