[Avodah] Going beyond the norm for Elul

[Prof. Levine]

At 05:21 AM 9/6/2012, R. Micha wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 01:08:50PM -0400, Prof. Levine asked on Areivim:
> >> Maybe not attacking people who come to daven is a better idea? Radical
> >> concept, I know. Aren't we in Elul? I guess some people use a
> >> different calendar than we do....
> >
> > There is something about statements like this about it being in Elul
> > that bothers me.  Are we supposed to think that we can "fool" HaShem by
> > behaving in a certain way during Elul and then returning to our "old"
> > ways?  It seems to me that behavior and actions are either appropriate
> > and correct from a Torah standpoint the entire year or not at all.
>
>It's a good question, but since the notion of avoiding pas palter and
>other such chumeros during Aseres Yemei Teshuvah is well established (SA
>OC 603:1 mentions "pas shel kutim"; see also MB s"q 1.)

Perhaps I am wrong here, but I thought that eating Pas Palter was a 
heter that was given for Jews who could not easily obtain Pas 
Yisroel, and the halacha is that if possible one should eat Pas Yisroel.

If so, then I see no chumra here when it comes to eating Pas 
Yisroel.  We are simply supposed to observe the halacha and not rely 
on this leniency.

>  So, I don't think
>your sevara is sufficient to upshlug a notion that is practiced the next
>10 days by a large segment of Kelal Yisrael with the support of numerous
>sefarim.

Given what I wrote above,  I do not see the avoidance of Pas Palter 
during the Aseres Yemei as in any way contradicting my statement that 
"behavior and actions are either appropriate  and correct from a 
Torah standpoint the entire year or not at all.

YL
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