[Avodah] Volunteers?

[David Riceman]

Rich, Joel wrote:
> So you are saying if one is learning and sees a person in need of assistance unloading his donkey, he may stop learning to do it even though there is another individual equidistant who was staring off into space and day dreaming and is now moving towards the donkey to assist?
> <snip>
> Oops- and that HKB"H would be equally happy with this result?
>   
I once asked one of my rebbeim how one can be obligated to perform 
lifnim m'shuras hadin.  His reply was that you can't be obligated at any 
particular event, but that if you never do it (and now, many years 
later, I'll add, if you don't do it regularly) you have failed in your 
obligation.

Does that help?

David Riceman