[Avodah] Interlocking the Fingers of the Right Hand with the Fingers of the Left Hand

[Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer]

On 8/16/2011 9:07 PM, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
> R'n TK:
>> If you don't worry about kabbalah you don't have to worry about
>> interlocking your fingers.  It's like sheidim, if  you don't believe in
>> them and don't worry about them they have little or no power over you.

> R' Liron Kopinsky:
>> I thought we *are* supposed to believe in them, and actually take
>> precautions against them, but never-the-less not worry about them. A
>> bit of a catch-22...

> R'n TK is paraphrasing the Gemara in Pesachim (110b towards the top)
> and Rashi there. Check it out.

Yes, but that Gemara refers to Sheidim, not to Kabbalah. It is a very
big chiddush to say that you don't have to "worry" about interlocking
your fingers. I would not use the word "worry" - because da'aga b'lev
ish yisichena, one is supposed to try not to worry about things - but
one should attempt to avoid interlocking fingers. Besides admixing chesed
and gevurah (as opposed to the recommended enveloping gevurah in chesed -
right clasping left), you often see Catholic priests holding their hands
in that manner - ha'lo davar hu.

KT,
YGB