[Avodah] Al petach beito mibachutz

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 05:09:24PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: Is there a good reason why I've never heard of anyone in chu"l doing
: it that way, even where the weather permits it?

I think it's just minhag avos from a day and place when being too proud
in one's performance Judaism would be dangerous.

My father showed me a Sefas Emes that gives this thought: In EY, where
we have our own society, the fight against Hellenism is in the shuq.
Closing the door was enough to keep it out. In chu"l, we need to bring
our menoros inside the home...

(Whether the SE's thought stands for current Israel, where Misyavnim
are a significant percentage of the population, is left as an excercise
for the reader. We can all guess what each of the regulars would say,
so let's not bother.)

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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