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jection: Irrespective of the
motion on the floor, the par-
ticipant shall have the right
to monopolize the meeting for
not more than five minutes as
he or she discourses on a
point the relevance of which
- escapes all other participants.
•Point of Personal Attack:
In response to a point raised
by another speaker, the par-
ticipant shall have the right
to reply by launching a per-
sonal attack. At no time shall

the point itself be addressed.
•Point of Associative. Guilt:
The participant shall have the
right to impugn the Jewish-
ness of any other Jew by
alleging that he or she is, was,
might be, has a third cousin
who is, or may have great-
grandchildren who will be-
long to any and all organiza-
tions designated by the par-
ticipant as dedicated to the
destruction of the Jewish
people.

•Point of Contempt: The
participant shall have the
right to grunt, throw papers
down on the table, shake his
or her head vigorously, or
otherwise demonstrate con-
tempt for the proceedings.
•Point of Harassment: The
participant shall have the
right to introduce irrelevant
motions for the sole purpose
of delaying the meeting.
• Point of Redundancy:

This is a motion that enables

the participant to make a
point made by another par-
ticipant no more than five
speakers earlier.

•Point of Pious Posturing:
This motion entitles the par-
ticipant to make reference to
any teaching in the Bible or
rabbinic literature that alleg-
edly supports his or her point
of view. A correctly cited quo-
tation, however, immediately
disqualifies the point.
•Point of Grudge: Entitles

the participant to raise an
issue debated by the organ-
ization not less than five
years earlier, for which the
participant has not yet for-
given those involved. D

"Rafi's Rules," which ap-
peared in the Spring 1991
issue of "Reconstructionist"
magazine, Vol- LXI Na 3, is
reprinted with permission.

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