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On 11/5/2012 12:53 PM, Joseph Kaplan wrote:
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<p class="MsoPlainText">“Maybe that speaks to a weakness in our
hashkafa nowadays. Or our emunah. And it isn't only Shabbat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">But I don't think that our weakness should
lead us to try and claim that doing those things is *right*. It feels
a lot better to justify ourselves, but it's more honest to say, ‘I did
what I had to, but I know it was wrong. I didn't have it in me to find
a different way.’"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I would phrase it differently. I think what
most people would say, and I believe it is hones to say this, is: “I
did what I had to do although I was taught that the halacha says to do
otherwise. I will defend myself before God at the appropriate time,
and if my action is found to be improper I will accept the
consequences.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<br>
I kind of agree, but not entirely. Because the way you suggest implies
that I know better than Hashem. It's a little chutzpahdik. In some
cases, I might say that, but I'd like to think that I'd be more likely
to say that due to my own failings, or for whatever reason, I was
unable to change my perspective to reflect His.<br>
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The ideal is asei retzono retzoncha. Not asei retzoncha v'tasbir lama.<br>
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Lisa<br>
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