[Avodah] Halacha vs. Policy - Poll re: Who To Marry

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T613K at aol.com:
> I do not believe this can possibly be a halachic teshuvah -- IOW it
> MUST be meta-halachic -- because no true halachic shailah can ever be
> couched in these terms:  "Rabbi, I have absolutely made up my mind to
> sin and I want you to tell me which sin to commit, sin A or sin B."  No
> halachic teshuvah could ever be rendered to any such phoney shailah. 
> No posek could ever pasken that a Jew should commit a sin.  (He could
> give advice, but not a psak.)

As framed above this is a good point

However, usually the case of a couple having relations w/o benefit of
taharas hamishpacha is not framed with a "hinneni muchan umzuman to ignore
the mikveh". Usually it's the obvious m'tizus of those couples who are
not obsrvant and will obviously just ignore it w/o a such a declaration.

That's why rabbis get paid the "big bucks" ;-)

KT
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