[Avodah] Mitsvat Sukkah is almost unique

[Shlomo Argamon]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:03:12 -0500, <avodah-request at lists.aishdas.org>  
wrote:

> From: Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:41:31AM -0400, Elliott Shevin wrote:
> : ... As an aside, tumah is not intrinsically a bad thing....
> I think that's a difference between nigleh and nistar.
> According to the gemara, you have to wash neigl vasser before tefilah.
> According to the Zohar, and this made it into halakhah pesuqah (outside
> of Teiman), one is supposed to wash as soon as possible. Tum'ah is
> transformed from something that contradicts certain mitzvos to something
> inherently wrong and to be minimized.

Interestingly, I just this evening saw the following comment by Rav  
Nebentzal, in Beyitshaq Yiqare, commenting on the idea (brought in M"B  
s'if qatan 2) of not walking more than 4 amot before neigl vasser, vezeh  
leshono: "ADMO"R ZLLH"H heard from HaRav David BHR"N ZT"L that the  
tradition (masoret) from the GR"A is that from the time that the true  
convert R. Avraham ben Avraham the Graf Potocki was burned to death `al  
qidush Hashem, the "ruahh ra`ah" no longer exists (batlah) on the hands.   
And ADMO"R ZLLH"H explained that this is just regarding matters whose  
source is the Zohar, and not regarding matters found in the Gemara.  For  
example, one need not be concerned about not walking 4 amot before the  
washing, as its source is in the Zohar and not from the law (midina) of  
the Gemara."

I find this rather remarkable, and hope for comments from those qualified  
to do so.

	-Shlomo-