[Avodah] Bal Tashchit

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:55:46AM -0800, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: > There are many similar cases, and to me it bespeaks that if there is a
: > halachic issue, destruction does NOT constitute a concern of bal tashchis.
: 
: Is this true for a chumra b'alma as well?

I thought we did this already. The chumrah would be a meaningful use of
the food (like R' Lessin's mussar practice), so I don't see it as bal
tashchis.

You then raised the question of whether it could still be bal taschis
because as an alternative the person could do both his chumrah and allow
the food to be eaten by giving it to someone who isn't machmir.

To which I didn't have an answer as to why it wouldn't be bal tashchis,
but a demonstration that argues that it probably isn't -- even though
I don't know why not. After all, we throw tereifos to the dogs, but no
one ever said neveilus too so as to avoid bal tashchis.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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