[Avodah] deprive the minyan of the opportunity to say tachanun

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 08:00:02PM +0000, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
:       ... The piskei tshuvot (O"C 13:23) takes issue but the Chashukei
: Chemed (Yoma S2:) has an insight on a related question which goes to
: a somewhat broader issue. He was asked whether one who has the choice
: of going to two minyanim can choose to go to the one where a chatan
: is davening in order to skip tachanun. His response is if he is going
: for that reason it's not appropriate (he's running from a mitzvah),
: but if he's going to be part of the simcha or for the midat harachamim
: (the attribute of mercy) it's permitted [back to my favorite question-OK,
: but what does HKB"H want of me?]

In other words:
    Echad hamarbeh, ve'echad hamam'it,
    ubilvad sheyikhavein libo lashamayim.

Running to be mistateif in the simchah is a mam'it shekivein libo
lashamayim.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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