[Avodah] Istinis

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:28:45PM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Is there any current day psychological category (or combination thereof)
: that define istinis? Any meta reason or halachic source as to why it
: should outweigh baatla daato, at least in certain cases?

Aveilus, for example, is to refrain from certain pleasures. Self
mortification in mourning is assur -- "lo sisgodedu". If someone
is so bothered by skipping his daily shower that it feels like
mortification rather than ommitting a pleasure, the fact that this
might not be true for the majority doesn't change the fact for him
it is assur.

And similarly whenever the chiyuv is a lack of pleasure rather than
causing inui.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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