[Avodah] When Are Mitzos Rewarded, The Passul Mezuza

[Meir Rabi]

I posted earlier;
 The Gemara insists that HKBH is Metzaref a well intentioned plan

> and deems it to be as though it was performed.
>>
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Zev responded;

> "Metzaref" means "joins".   Hashem joins a good thought to a deed done
> without thought.


I now ask Zev;
Do you mean that HKBH CREATES a good thought to join to the action that was
performed without thought?
Or do yo mean that the action, performed without good thought, or performed
with negative thought, will be corrected when connected to a good thought
that is later on provided by doer of that action? i.e. when he regrets and
is Chozer.

Regarding Zev's defining of the word Metzaref meaning "joins";
Metzaref means "refines" The joining you are thinking of is the joining
that is achieved between the elements when the impurities are removed from
the mix. HKBH instructs that we should Shecht from the throat and not chop
from the back of the neck, in order to be Metzaref humanity, LeTzaRef Es
HaBeRiyos.

Regarding; "keman de`avad lo amrinan":
it means, if you have not been able to perform the Mitzvah of Lulav for
example, and then near the end of the day get the opportunity to perform
it, you must perform it.

Zev asks what is the foundation that whoever takes proper care to install a
Kosher Mezuzah gets the full Sechar of having had a Kosher Mezuzah, in
spite of the fact that it is Passul.

The source for this is your heart. We KNOW it is right because HKBH is
looking for loyalty. Is this not the imagery we all hold so precious, that
HKBH treasures the commitment of Avraham and sees Avraham's slaughtered son
Yitzchak. Indeed, this is a highlight of our High Holiday imagery.

Zev also argues that:

> Sechar mitzvah is not for being loyal, it's for doing the mitzvah.  If
> you didn't, then what are you getting sechar for?


But it is clear that SeChar Mitzvah is most certainly for being loyal and
loyalty is a matter of the heart. RaChaMaNa LiBa Ba'i, Gd desires the
heart, that means the heart and not the action.

An action without heart is worse than nothing, it is an attempt to bribe
Gd, to twist Gd's arm, to fool Gd. It illustrates a stupidity that is
unforgivable. What does any person feel when they become aware that the
pledges of loyalty and commitment were not at all altruistic but for a
self-serving purpose? That is unforgivable. Those emotions we experience
are the resonance of our Neshama. It is the Tzelem in which we are created.
It is the foundation of the anthropomorphism that is the substance of our
communication with Gd.

Zev seems to be looking at HKBH as though He is a machine; you wont get a
snack from the machine unless you put in a coin or find a suitable decoy.
But HKBH is a Zaidy, when everyone else is deservedly scolding this naughty
child, Zaidy hugs her and gives her prizes and tells her I KNOW YOU ARE A
GOOD GIRL AND DONT MEAN TO BE NAUGHTY
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