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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>R’ MZ<span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>:</span></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>> You have a secular Jew who's on his way to Africa for the rest of his<br>> life, and you have an opportunity to teach him one mitzva that he'll keep<br>> until he dies. ... Do you teach him: a) to love Hashem, or b) not to<br>> take bones out of a fish on Shabbos?<br><br>> To emphasize, the question here is not a kiruv/chinuch strategy question<br>> -- it won't lead to more mitzvos. It's a question of priorities<br>> in halacha. To this Rav, it was pashut that you teach him about<br>> borer. Thoughts?<br><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='color:#1F497D'><span dir=RTL></span>-------------------</span><span lang=HE dir=RTL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Since the ultimate shleimus is achieved through d’veykus b’Hashem, and (I would think) one is more likely to achieve d’veykus via Ahavas Hashem than by not taking bones out of a fish on Shabbos, therefore my vote goes to the Ahavas Hashem choice. (See Mesillas Yesharim perek 1.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>KT,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>MYG<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>