Reply To: Kosher Cruise

Two things please:

1) I imagine it’s harder for men to go on a regular cruise, considering they would have to exert extra energy in shimrat aynayim.

Also, we’re not supposed to test ourselves, or put ourselves in a testy situation. So how does that work with going on a regular cruise?

2) While no rabbi is going to say, sure that’s totally fine and dandy, is it normal for some people to take a break from being frum in order to be frum in the long-haul?

Example, someone who normally davens in a minyan, is strict about shomer aynayim, and shomer negiah on a day to day basis. Once or twice a year, this person goes on vacation where he is more relaxed by davening on his own, and only keeps the written Torah laws on negiah.

Or this can also apply to a woman (sans the whole davening in a minyan and at proscribed times thing).

Both may dress more casual than usual during this vacation.

…Wondering how people keep going and going. Yes even when being fully and totally observant is meaningful, and being relaxed or sinful is a great transgression, does anyone need a break from being frum?

Or am I looking at it from the BT perspective, early on, where each detail literally is something that I think about and make a conscious choice after conscious choice to perform?

At some point, is observance automatic?