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philosopher/clearheaded:
To say that in order to be Putter from mitzvos you have to be so severely impaired that they don’t know how to take of themselves is clearly against Chazal that says a Cheresh is Putter. What deaf person can’t learn basic life skills? What they can’t learn is mitzvos due to lack of communication. A person who can’t control themselves due to mental illness would be Putter in mitzvos. (Included in the din Shoitah.).She also puts in bold -“Otherwise my personal opinion is that no one has the right to do aveiros under the guise of mental disease or other excuses.”
Like this is some sort of Chidush. Either you fall into the catergory of Shoitah or not. People who go OTD don’t need excuses -they don’t care. People who claim to be frum -they need excuses. I can do whatever I want -it’s not my fault because of mental illness or whatever.
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