[Avodah] shemitta

[mkopinsky at gmail.com]

On 5/19/07, A & C Walters <acwalters at bluebottle.com> wrote:
>
> Also, those who say that by avoiding the "difficulties" of the mitzvah, it
> should be fakert, a person should look for them, and enjoy them, let's not
> forget shitas Tos; (beshem R' Chaim) Kesub. 110b that because of the
> difficulties of shmitta etc, one is potur from yishuv E"Y. There is, also,
> no mitsvah to find mitsvahs; we have enough that are hard enough; I am
> struggling with what I am mechayiv, and probably not doing that properly -
> why look for more! (Of course, if someone is capable of doing them all
> properly, then why not add on a bunch more; it is more schar, but I speak
> for myself, that I have enough)
>
Do you take this approach with other mitzvos?  Can you *really* say that
you keep NO chumras at all, and take on *nothing* beyond your absolute
obligation?

KT,
Michael