[Avodah] Newspapers and REW

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> Am I reading too much into this maaseh to conclude that leshitas REW,
> either an act is a mitzvah or there is an issue with it -- there is no
> true realm of divrei reshus?

And is there no realm of things that are muttar (and mitzvah) only for
an adam gadol?  Or only for those with a specific need?  If someone must
eat on a fast day (and for such a person eating is indeed a mitzvah)
should he do so in public?


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