[Avodah] attending a C service [was: More on Reviving a Ritual of Tending...]

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 12:50:36AM -0500, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: By suggesting that attending services in a C cong /might/ be permissible  
: for kibud av ve'eim, you are already conceding that attending services in a  
: C cong might be permissible, period.

Only if you think pesaq is black-and-white rather than weighing pros
vs cons. A study of shu"t shows that it's usually more finding a way
among the shades of gray than clearcut issur veheter. (The clearcut
cases rarely require a shu"t.)

It means that there is a senif lehaqeil on its own "merits", but
without another strong motivator, eg kibud av, the reasons to be machmir
overwhelm it.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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