[Avodah] Characterizing our era

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 02:20:59AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: The problem with the above analysis is that it gives the impression
: that the Chofetz Chaim considered Orach Chayim to be less [something]
: than Yoreh Deah. I hsve no idea why there's no MB on YD (or EH or
: CM)...

Much of CM that applies to balebatim (chiyuv halva'ah, issur ribbis,
shevu'os, lo solin and paying workers, as well as communal gema"ch,
mitzvas tzedaqah, biqur cholim, writing a tzavah, halvayas hameis, nichum
aveilim) is in Ahavas Chessed, in the same kind of halakhah-mussar blend
he uses for Sefer CC. I think this is beshittah, that in mitzvos bein adam
lachaveiros, the CC didn't believe in a firm line between black-letter
halakhah and ve'asisa hayashar vehatov.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha