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According to the Ohr Sameach, the Maimonidean position — and indeed the Jewish position — becomes clarified. Those who profess to be observant Jews may well require a system of laws and punishment to keep them on the straight and narrow — much as traffic laws and punishments help us do what we know is right. For those who do not accept the ritual, however, no coer- cion would be in order. There is a well-known story of a father who comes weeping to the Baal Shem Tov that his son is rejecting 43