Does the lack of opportunity to perform an aveira make one virtuous? Does a person locked away in a prison deserve praise for not breaking and entering into someone’s house?
By the same token, if the lack of opportunity to perform an aveira DOES make one virtuous, wouldn’t it also hold true that the lack of opportunity to perform a mitzvah makes one less virtuous? By that theory, I’m to be held accountable for not keeping the mitzvah of yibum even though I do not have a brother.
The Wolf