[Avodah] modim

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

The gemara BK 16a says that one who does not bend in Modim after 7 years
his spine turns into a snake. Given that spines probably don't last 7 years
and the cemeteries are not filled with snakes I don't take the gemara
literally (see however Tosafot ve-hu and kaf hachaim)

I am more disturbed by the claim (Kaf haChaim in the name of the Zohar)
that one who doesnt ben at modim does not come back in techiyat hametim.
First the gemara in perek chelek implies that most people return in
techiyat hametim. Second the popular opinion is that even the wicked spend
11-12 months in gehinom and then go to gan eden and presumably return in
techiyat hamettim.

What bothers me the most is the sense of priorities. Without putting down
bending at modim I find it hard to imagine that it is worse than murder,
chillul shabbat, gilui arayot etc. According to this zohar large
percentages of the Jewish people will not be resurrected over a "minor"
halacha.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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