<html>
<head>
<style>
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma
}
</style>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'>
Rn. Toby Katz writes:<BR> <BR>> Of course tevillah is a mitzva in the sense that once you became nidah, if <BR>> you are a married woman and if you want to be with your husband, you have to <BR>> go to the mikva. But you had no chiyuv to become nidah or to be married....<BR>> <BR> <BR>And sukkah is a mitvah if you're not too infirm to perform it--but you didn't <BR>have a chiyv to be healthy (only to *strive* to be healthy). Providing a get <BR>is a mitzvah--but you didn't have a chiyuv to get into an unhappy marriage.<BR><BR>> Whoever first said, "There are two mitzvos that are performed with the <BR>> entire body" had in mind this definition of mitzva: an obligation incumbent upon <BR>> everyone. (Or, incumbent upon every Jewish man, to be more precise.)<BR><BR>It doesn't make sense to me to rule out any mitzvah simply because it's <BR>situational; an awful lot of them are. Is there a source for your assertion?<BR> <BR>Elly<BR><br /><hr />Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! <a href='http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews' target='_new'>Try now!</a></body>
</html>