[Avodah] A question for the Chevre

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 06:05:20AM +0200, Moshe Zeldman wrote:
: It seems that in purely halachic terms, he's correct. But I have a chush
: that there's something wrong with this approach.

If someone ch"v is in a plane crash and all he has to eat are the local
pigs or the people who didn't survive the crash, which does he choose?

RYAmital used this question to explain the difference between his more
chassidish perspective and RALichtenstein's (his co-RY's) more Brisker
approach.

RYA was sure that both would end up eating the pork. But, RYA suggested,
RAL would feel guilty about it afterward. The question is whether one
thinks in purely halachic terms.

One might also argue that if the mitzvos were Shabbos vs yir'as Shamayim,
one should chooce yir'as Shamayim. Without which one can't accept tzivuyim
from the One in shamayim, ie no real concept of mitzvos. But ahavas H',
no matter how lofty, isn't necessarily as central. So become a mussarnik
rather than a chassid -- you can still get holy without putting ahavas
H' in the centerpiece.

I acknowledge that ahavah and yir'ah are inseparable, but they are
distinct mitzvos to teach. Just as Shabbos, even "just" boreir, if done
right should enhance both.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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