Is it proper for Torah scholars to share a meal with unlearned people (am ha'aretz)?
Synopsis
The custom of the refined people of Jerusalem was not to sit at table unless they knew who their dining companions were; whether this reflects a binding practice or a defunct stringency is debated.
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