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| Oct 5, 2018 at 12:08 | comment | added | IsraelReader | This man did not intend to do any עבירה לשמה. Due to his erroneous מחשבה טובה perceptions, on the bottom line, he passively neglected to perform a מצות עשה in the prescribed manner. This type of behavior is castigated by R' Chaim of Volozhin as פיגול הוא לא ירצה. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 11:50 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | He thought eating in the wrong time would be better than eating without preparation. He didn't think eating after dawn was the right time. That exactly the point. Averah Lishmah is not מחשבה טובה | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 11:47 | comment | added | IsraelReader | Sorry. Read the Nefesh HaChaim again. He is doing a study in contrast of two people who BOTH ate matza. One is someone who simply performed the mitzvah in its proper time. The other one is someone who erroneously ate the matza too late, because he thought it was more important to Hashem that he perform the mitzva with greater spiritual preparations, despite missing the prescribed halachic time spot. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 11:36 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | No he doesn't. He's discussing someone who never gets passed preparations. Our case is someone who did his intended action, it just so happens some legal requirement was missing. Like wearing Tefillin that unknowingly are invalid. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 11:02 | comment | added | IsraelReader | Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin disagrees with you. See "Nefesh HaChaim" (Perakim, 4) והגע עצמך, כגון אם יטריד אדם עצמו לילה הראשונה של פסח בכונת אכילת כזית מצה, שתהא האכילה בקדושה וטהרה ודביקות, וימשיך ההכנה כל הלילה עד שיומשך זמן האכילה עד לאחר שעלה השחר או לאחר נץ החמה, הרי כל טהרת מחשבתו פיגול הוא לא ירצה. ומי שאכל הכזית מצה בזמנה אף בלא קדושה וטהרה יתירה, הרי קיים מצות עשה הכתובה בתורה ותבא עליו ברכה. | |
| Oct 4, 2018 at 21:49 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | Your context doesn't contribute anything. He is trying to fulfill the REAL Mitzva of Mezuza, and due to not knowing enough about it, he was unable to perform it. | |
| Oct 4, 2018 at 18:50 | comment | added | IsraelReader | Sorry, but you're operating with a flawed understanding of the quote. See it in context (Kiddushin 40a), where it's clear that it's referring to a person who attempted to do a [REAL] mitzvah (not an imaginary one), and for reasons beyond his control, he was prevented from performing the mitzvah. "מחשבה טובה מצרפה למעשה, שנאמר: אז נדברו יראי ה' איש אל רעהו ויקשב ה' וישמע ויכתב ספר זכרון לפניו ליראי ה' ולחושבי שמו, מאי ולחושבי שמו? אמר רב אסי: אפילו חשב אדם לעשות מצוה, ונאנס ולא עשאה, מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו עשאה. | |
| Oct 4, 2018 at 18:00 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | I don't think this is correct. By Mitzvot we say מחשבה טובה מצרפה למעשה so you can get all the benefits by just trying sincerely | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 14:27 | history | answered | IsraelReader | CC BY-SA 4.0 |