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<font size=3>At 05:21 AM 9/6/2012, R. Micha wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at
01:08:50PM -0400, Prof. Levine asked on Areivim:<br>
>> Maybe not attacking people who come to daven is a better idea?
Radical<br>
>> concept, I know. Aren't we in Elul? I guess some people use
a<br>
>> different calendar than we do....<br>
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> There is something about statements like this about it being in
Elul <br>
> that bothers me. Are we supposed to think that we can
"fool" HaShem by <br>
> behaving in a certain way during Elul and then returning to our
"old" <br>
> ways? It seems to me that behavior and actions are either
appropriate <br>
> and correct from a Torah standpoint the entire year or not at
all.<br><br>
It's a good question, but since the notion of avoiding pas palter
and<br>
other such chumeros during Aseres Yemei Teshuvah is well established
(SA<br>
OC 603:1 mentions "pas shel kutim"; see also MB s"q
1.)</font></blockquote><br>
Perhaps I am wrong here, but I thought that eating Pas Palter was a heter
that was given for Jews who could not easily obtain Pas Yisroel, and the
halacha is that if possible one should eat Pas Yisroel. <br><br>
If so, then I see no chumra here when it comes to eating Pas
Yisroel. We are simply supposed to observe the halacha and not rely
on this leniency. <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3> So, I don't
think<br>
your sevara is sufficient to upshlug a notion that is practiced the
next<br>
10 days by a large segment of Kelal Yisrael with the support of
numerous<br>
sefarim.</font></blockquote><br>
Given what I wrote above, I do not see the avoidance of Pas Palter
during the Aseres Yemei as in any way contradicting my statement that
"<font size=3>behavior and actions are either appropriate and
correct from a Torah standpoint the entire year or not at all.<br><br>
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