[Avodah] [Areivim] Some Thoughts on the Dangers of Birchas HaChama

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 09:41:05AM -0400, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
: "And so too is it permitted to teach Jewish children Torah in his
: house, and the neighbors cannot protest and say to him 'we cannot sleep
: due to the noise of the tinokos shel bais raban', and this is the case
: for all Mizvah affairs, that he cannot protest"
: SA HM 156:3
...
: So there is a very solid precedent for choosing "bein adam l'makom over
: bein adam l'chaveiro".  I am well aware that there are numerous
: potential arguments against the application of this principle to our
: case:
: 
: I) The Mizvah of Birkas Ha'Hamah, and particularly the hiddur, even if
: there is one, of performing it at sunrise, may be of less
: importance...
: II) Performance in public may be different from performance inside
: one's house
: III) A time of the day during which many people are asleep may be
: different...
: IV) There is considerable discussion in the Poskim over the application
: of Dina De'Malchusa and Minhag to Nizkei Shechainim

5) The case in the SA could well be assuming the melameid can't afford
to rent another location, and therefore one is actually forced to choose
between BALM and BALC. WRT birkhas hachamah, there are venues further
from residential neighborhoods that are equally available. One is really
choosing between the *travel time to* a BALM and doing a BALC.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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