[Avodah] Bizayon HaMeis

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 01:14:12AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: ... R' Zev Sero responded:
:> Is that the case, though?  Does it matter, bediavad, who did
:> the tahara? If it could be done by a robot, or by RHS's
:> proverbial kesuba-reading parrot, would it matter?

: Kesuba-reading is a mere minhag. An even better example would be Tevilas
: Kelim...

I do not believe that taharah is more than "mere" minhag either.

Which is why we are obligated to honor a tzavah that requests no taharah,
or burial in an odd choice of tachrichim, but halakhah trumps any such
requests that would invalidate the qevurah itself.

(I think we discussed this back when the news covered a survivor who
insisted on being buried in his Auschwitz uniform.)

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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