[Avodah] Fighting To Be Chazan?

[Zev Sero]

On 24/08/2011 3:18 PM, Ben Waxman wrote:
> The below only works if you assume that saying Kaddish is a magic formula.
> You either say it or you don't.

Isn't it?  That zechus is either there or it isn't.


> However if someone is mevateir, without fighting, to someone with a
> greater claim, preserves the peace (ie acts like a mensch), that also gets
> "credit".

He gets the credit of shalom, which is surely great, but he's still missing
the credit for kaddish.  "Keman de`avad lo amrinan".  Whereas if we are
mevater on the "grandeur" of one large minyan with one leader, then everyone
can get the credit for shalom *and* for being shliach tzibur *and* for saying
kaddish.  Win/win. How can that not be better?


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