[Avodah] Cheilek LeOlam Habah/Impunity/Years

[Micha Berger]

I find the whole concept of fungibility of sechar va'onesh problematic a
priori and inconsistent with Chazal. And yet, many stories about gadol
XYZ foregoing the sechar of a mitzvah (eg as payment for the esrog with
which he could do it), etc...

A priori -- where is the middas hadin?

As for Chazal, every mitzvah and every cheit is accounted for. If sechar
were fungible, then there would be no need -- Hashem could just sum it up
and pay the difference.

Then there's the whole notion of ba'asher hu sham, chai gever al
chata'av, etc... which associate sechar va'onesh *causally* to the
impact the pe'ulah has on the po'el.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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