<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Micha Berger <<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>Kareis (at least, in the opinion of numerous rishon) is a cessation of<br>
existence. The ultimate denial of olam baba. And yet, we started out<br>
correctly choosing saving lives with no risk of kareis.<br>
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Tir'u baTov!<br>
-Micha<br>
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--</font></blockquote></div><br>AIUI it si being cut off from one's people [a real biggie amongsts a people that demanded kever Avos! e.g kivru osi el avosai] <br><br>R. J. Weiss Shilta told us once, that one should NOT be quick to condemn and he said [hassidishe style] that one should not be treated as cut-off until he has done all 36 krissus. IOW we do our best to avoid cutting people off. It was a very impressive compassionate bit of mussar that he gave us that day and has always made a deep Impression on me [dvraim hanichnassim el haleiv]<br>
-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>