[Avodah] Lo Sachmod

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:51:34AM -0400, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
: Also, how does the Ibn Ezra jive with the Sifra (Kedoshim) that says that R'
: EBA sad that a person should not say, "I don't want to wear Shaatnez,"
: rather he should say, "I want to, but my father in heaven decreed upon me
: that I can not!"?

What does R' Yisrael Salanter do? He makes a chiluq between kibush hayeitzer,
doing the right thing despite taavos otherwise, and tiqun hayeitzer, which
is getting the taavos in line. (And primarily a consequence of the hergel
set up by kibush).

The Rambam is usually explained as making a chiluq between mitzvos sichlios
and shim'iyos. IOW, the Sifrei bedavqa applies to shaatnez or maachalos
asuros, but not to something people have a native understanding of, like
ayaros.

Which touches upon the same topic as my previous post -- this chiluq
also presumes an external morality.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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