[Avodah] Har Habayit

[Yisrael Medad]

Eli T. finishes off his posting asking:
*Hence the question is why not be machmir on entering har habayit when there
is a question of karet?*
And answers:
*The only reason seems to be political rather than halachic. This is
probably why RAL does not support going up. Even R. Shapira discourages
going up as serving no purpose. The rabbanim that favor it are generally
members of the "yisrael hashlema movement" and so encourage it for political
reasons.*
Of course, the other side of the coin is technically, logically and
halachically valid: why be machmir when perhaps you don't need/have to; or
whether it is uncalled for; or whether it stems from a political
consideration; and is preventing you or others from performing a mitzva?

And to throw a spanner into the works, see Divrei Yoel, p. 69 on Parshat
Noach where he seems to support, paradoxically, the position that the Beit
Hamikdash will be built first by the people of Israel davka to provide merit
for the "sinners" who have engaged in first rebuilding the M'lucha.

-- 
Yisrael Medad
Shiloh
Mobile Post Efraim 44830
Israel
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