<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>RZS:<br><br>> In EY, OTOH, living in the<br>>house is itself a mitzvah, and therefore not only may one negotiate to<br>>buy it, but Chazal even permitted amira lenochri for this purpose.<br><br>Is this true if you already own a house in EY, and are planning to sell<br>it in order to buy this house? You are already doing yishuv EY. Buying <br>the new house doesn't add to that? Or is there another mitzvah I don't <br>know about? (I'm assuming you are buying from another Jew...).<br></div></body></html>