<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><i class="">I think that it is because we cannot know what the world needs, or<br class="">what we ourselves need, that the mishnah tells us to be as cautious of<br class="">mitzvos qalos as we are of chamuros. Because even though one mitzvah<br class="">is a 4 and the other a 10, maybe what the 4 whatevers are is more what<br class="">you and your part of Creation needs more than the 10. And therefore<br class="">(the mishnah continues) we don't know that the sechar of the mitzvah<br class="">chamurah would be greater.</i><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A true kleptomaniac would not logically receive onesh for stealing. </div><div class="">I, on the other hand, who has not an ounce of desire to steal should not receive s’char for not stealing because it was </div><div class="">never the slightest temptation for me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Another analogy is that of the alcoholic. An alcoholic struggles a whole life to be sober. Personally, I hate alcohol and don’t deserve any credit for abstaining. So, of course, we can’t know the s’char of any mitzvah as it relates to specific individuals. Again, it boils down to knowing the whole picture which only God knows.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>