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February 15, 2009 12:29 pm at 12:29 pm
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nossond
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a few points about ba’aley madrega.
A ba’al madrega doesn’t all of a sudden become frum when it comes to someone else’s degradation.
A ba’al medraga does the right thing for the right reasons and doesn’t promote his superiority.
A ba’al madrega has seichel and is not tzadick harbeh.
A ba’al madrega has a keen sense of when he can “break the rules.” The gemarah (kidushin 81b-82a)says ain mishtamshin b’isha klal, but lshem shamayim it is muttar. Moreover, the gemarah (nazir 23b) says that an aveirah lishmah is as great as a mitzvah shelo lishmah (which leads to lishmah).
I wish this world was filled with ba’aley madrega.