Reply To: How Do I Know I've Ever Properly Performed Any Mitzvah?

Why do you look at your positives as a “concession”, as if you’re admitting to a crime rather than the positive it is?

Huh? I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

Just in case you misunderstood what I was conceding, let me clarify.

I concede that I’ve kept some negative commandments 100%. I’ve never given my kids to Molech. I never engaged in the Ov and/or Yid’oni rites. I never planted in Eretz Yisroel during Shmita. I never overworked my Eved Ivri.

My problem is with positive commandments, where, despite my best efforts (which, admittedly, maybe aren’t enough), I can’t say that I’ve ever actually fulfilled one.

Does that make it clearer? Or did I just not understand what you were saying? If so, please clarify.

Thanks.

The Wolf