[Avodah] Going beyond the norm for Elul

[Zev Sero]

On 6/09/2012 4:32 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:
>
> 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.

I don't believe that is true.  AIUI the *reason* for the heter was that
pas yisroel is not always easily obtainable, but the heter itself was
for everybody, so it is mutar lechatchila to take advantage of it even
in the heart of Borough Park or Yerushalayim, but a yerei shamayim ought
to be mehader and not do so.   But even if your understanding were
correct, how are you not seeing the chumra on AYT?  There is no question
that one who has difficulty obtaining pas yisroel is allowed to eat pas
palter, and yet during AYT he should avoid it.   How is that *not* a
chumra?

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