[Avodah] Ikkarim Redux

[Meir Shinnar]

me
> 2.   WRT to orthopraxy - in general, someone who makes kiddush and  
> is  shomer
> shabbat is me'id on briat haolam.   The notion of hezkat  kashrut  
> means that
> unless we have specific knowledge to the contrary,  someone who is  
> orthoprax
> has the hazaka of being orthodox - and we don't  normally check  
> ikkarim....

RSB
>
> The Talmud tells us that someone who recites Krias Shema without  
> Tefilin is
> considered as if he is giving false testimony because of the  
> connection
> between  Tefilin and Shema. While the recitation of Kiddush and  
> Havdalah
> accomplishes the  mitzvas aseh of sanctifying Shabbos verbally at  
> the beginning and
> departure of  Shabbos, OTOH, I know of no source wherein it is  
> stated that reciting
> Kiddush is  considered as if one sanctifies Shabbos by refraining from
> melacha.

Of course, I agree with RSB - my point was  that someone who makes  
kiddush "and" (emphasis now added - but was in original) is being  
me'id by words and actions - not that saying kiddush makes one shomer  
shabbat..- but that edut is sufficient proof unless one has specfic  
proof otherwise.

Meir Shinnar
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