[Avodah] Tahara

[Micha Berger]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:41:47PM -0500, T613K at aol.com wrote:
: It is considered the ultimate not because the relatives can't thank you or  
: return a favor, and not because you don't get schar -- but because THE 
: PERSON  YOU ARE HELPING can never help you or even thank you in any way.

Does "chessed shel emes" mean "the ultimate chessed"?

It does seem to mean "with no expectation of personal gain", or more
literally "real chessed". And thus if you are willing to include people
who are not in a position to pay you back ("completed incapacitated",
is how you put it), then why aren't you willing to exclude cases where
living people know who did the taharah and think better of the chevrah
qadisha member for it?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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Tir'u baTov!
-Micha