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<p>(Sorry, hit the Send key way too early!)<br>
In Avodah Digest V25#12, RLK asked:<br>
> This touches on an idea I've been having some trouble with.<br>
Mesillat Yesharim, Chapter on Perishut....Even though...a man will have to give an accounting to the<br>
Presence for everything that his eyes beheld and he did not wish to eat, though permitted and able to do so...the Ramchal still says that it is proper to abstain as much as possible from<br>
all worldly pleasures: :<br>
' The undesirable type of separation is that of the foolish gentiles who<br>
abstain not only from that which is not essential to them, but also from<br>
that which is...' <<br>
Why does this mean anything other than that, if "able," one should "behold" that which is "permitted" but not indulge in such "beholding"? RSRH would IMHO agree. <br>
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RMM responded:<br>
> I'd view it as a machloket. <<br>
I would disagree w/ RMM. <br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager<br>
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