Reply To: CR Discussions: Halachic or Non-Halachic Discussions?

“chesedname what did you have for lunch? Did the decision have to do with halacha or Hashkafa? What about breakfast? Did you put on the shirt with the pockets or without? What about your jacket does it have one button, two or three? Did that decision have anything to do with Halacha or Hashkafa? Are your socks nylon or cotton? Should I go on? No not every decision is Halacha or hashkafa.”

Oy, where do we even start?? Yes, our breakfast and lunch, and the jacket we wear, as well as the socks we put on, all were done with the chochma Hashem granted us. We used our chochoma to choose whether to eat oats or cereal for breakfast or whether to eat vegetables or a sandwhich for lunch, based on what will give us more koach to serve Hashem Yisborach throughout the day. We chose whether to wear a shirt with one button or two, based on what will allow us to have more time to serve Hashem Yisborach and learn his holy Torah. We chose nylon or cotton with the chochma Hashem Yisborah granted us, based on what will keep us more comfortable to serve Hashem Yisborach with and maintain his halachos.

Yes, you can go on asking. The answer is that everything we do is do serve Hashem better, based on our knowledge of the Torah and halacha.