<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 5:52 PM Brent Kaufman via Avodah <<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I (me CBK) question why he wrote this halacha at all, since it is not practical in any way. Can anyone shed light on this?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The Rambam explains two halachot later why he wrote this: "Accordingly, throughout the entire year, a person should always look at
himself as equally balanced between merit and sin and the world as
equally balanced between merit and sin. If he performs one sin, he tips his balance and that of the entire
world to the side of guilt and brings destruction upon himself; if he performs one mitzvah, he tips his balance and
that of the entire world to the side of merit and brings deliverance and
salvation to himself and others."</div><div><br></div><div>In other words, davka because only HKBH can make the determination, we can never afford to say to ourselves "what difference will it make if I do/don't do X?", and we need to see our every action as crucial to the entire world. What could be more practical than that?</div><div><br></div></div></div>