What is the ruling on working in a factory that produces sweets and places them in boxes on which are drawn pictures of animate beings, and what is the ruling on one who places the sweets inside these boxes?
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There is no objection to working in a candy factory that manufactures or packages candy in boxes bearing photographic images of animate beings. The sin lies with those who create or print these images, not with the workers, because the ruling on photographic images is a matter of scholarly disagreement.
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