[Avodah] Kareis was Passover and Circumcision in the Desert

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

>
> Kareis (at least, in the opinion of numerous rishon) is a cessation of
> existence. The ultimate denial of olam baba. And yet, we started out
> correctly choosing saving lives with no risk of kareis.
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha
>
> --


AIUI it si being cut off from one's people [a real biggie amongsts a people
that demanded kever Avos! e.g kivru osi el avosai]

R. J. Weiss Shilta told us once, that one should NOT be quick to condemn and
he said [hassidishe style] that one should not be treated as cut-off until
he has done all 36 krissus.  IOW we do our best to avoid cutting people
off.  It was a very impressive compassionate bit of mussar that he gave us
that day and has always made a deep Impression on me [dvraim hanichnassim el
haleiv]
-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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