[Avodah] Aveira Lishmah

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 01:05:17PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: I am bothered by a dvar Torah I recently read about Lech Lecha. It was
: written by a Rabbi Yaacov Haber of "TorahLab"...

I am spending shabbos with RYH, I intend to ask him about his intent.

...
:> The Chazon Ish answered, “If you build the mikvah you will be
:> punished by G-d for violating the Halachah. However, as the Rabbi
:> you should accept this punishment upon yourself so that the
:> community will have a Mikvah!”

:> The answer boggles the mind, but this is the teaching of Abraham.
...
: I certainly understand that there are times when one must sacrifice
: some of his ruchniyus for the sake of someone else. But that should
: be limited to choosing a less-important mitzvah over a more-important
: mitzvah...

I think the CI was saying that ThM is docheh the kavod beis kenesses.
Not that halakhah is being violated, but not that it's huterah either.
And like most things in life, the rabbi will have to gain spirituality
on one end byu paying on another.

BTW, there is a teshuvah from RMF in his European days to a shul in the
younger USSR. They were able to build a miqvah, but only in the ezras
nashim of the shul. Not the former shul -- the same shul that would be
used for shacharis the next morning. He permitted.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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