[Avodah] Mitzvah Haba'a BeAveira

[Micha Berger]

Getting to the tangent...

When dealing with kiruv or chinukh, it gets more complicated. The
aveirah changes the eikhus of what's being taught. The mitzvah
and aveirah aren't seperable, one is watering the other down.

The rest of my response would involve arguing against the idea that the
metzi'us was that these people couldn't be reached any other way. Off
topic.

The case of the hug is also entangled. Arguably the comfort is the very
chibah which is the issur. Your "chessed" is (as already pointed out by
others) arguably lifnei iveir or mesayei'ah and not a chessed at all.
A more extreme case: making someone feel good by serving them the chazer
they're dying for.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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