[Avodah] R Avraham

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 09/09/16 05:48, Eli Turkel via Avodah wrote:
>
> A more controversial point he made is that the total change of
> personality in teshuva is a special chessed of hashem and the regular
> person can't make such a change in a different situation.

Tanya says the same thing: that to become a benoni, i.e. someone who never
sins, and never even consciously considers sinning, is within the power of
every person, but to become a tzadik, i.e. someone who has no yetzer hara,
requires help from Above, which is not always given.


> In referring to the recent controversy in Israel on fixing tracks on
> shabbat he claimed that while it is well known that pikuach nefesh
> over-rides shabbat it is also true that a major monetary loss to the
> community also over-rides shabbat.

Surely not.  It can override "vedaber davar", and even sometimes amira
lenochri, but actual chilul shabbos?!


-- 
Zev Sero               Meaningless combinations of words do not acquire
zev at sero.name          meaning merely by appending them to the two other
                        words `God can'.  Nonsense remains nonsense, even
                        when we talk it about God.   -- C S Lewis