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  • in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1828011
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    ברכות כט,א

    אל תאמין בעצמך עד יום מותך don’t trust yoursef until the day of your death. The Chasam Sofer explains the mishna in the beginning of Pirkei Avos, when it comes to others, הוו מתונים בדין, wait with their judgemet by looking at the good in them whereas when it comes to youself, don’t trust yourself and crreate many students and protective barriers.
    The mishna there (2,5) is explained by the Midrash Shmuel that iits answering the four excuses why people don’t want to join a tzibur.
    1. I am better than them — don’t trust yourself.
    2. They are no good – don’t judge your friend until you put yourself in his place.
    3. They don’t want to listen to me – don’t say something that is not acceptable.
    4. I join later – don’t say, I wll learn later when I have the time because maybe you will never have time.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827928
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    The MB SA O’CH 90,34 says not to jump ahead of the tzibur giving the impression that you are looking down on the tzibur and ashaming them.

    Rebbi Yochanan Ben Zakai said, we should fear the Heaven as a human.
    Let us remember the first RMA in SA that Hashem as the King of the Universe is all over and He sees what we do and we do things differently when a king is watching. Also the mashel Rashi brings on ויבא עמלק, A father carries his son on his shoulders and provides him all his needs. A man asks him, where is your father? He says, I don’t know. The father gets upset and throws him to dogs saying, I have been providing you all your desires and you don’t even know that I am carrying you. Let’s keep in mind that Hashem is carrying us. The gemora in Bava Kama says that a ganev is worse than a gazlen because the ganev is afraid of people but not of Hashem whereas a gazlen is not afraid of anyone.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827913
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    My Rebbi, the Mattersdorfer Rav, Rav Shmuel ztlz’l said, it says ‘א-ל דעות ה if there is no knowledge, how do you differentiate. It is easy to differentiate between a tzadik and a rasha but when they are both uttering the name of Hashem, we need special knowledge to discern who means it lashem shomayim.

    ברכות כח,ב

    ולא אכשל בדבר הלכה וישמחו בי חברי I should not stumble in a halacha and my friend will rejoice. Asks the Chasam Sofer, how can a friend be happy on my mishap? He answers that he is happy that he was there to correct me and I did not make a mistake.

    in reply to: Yiiddeshe Application for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence #1827898
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    GH, The original AI problem was how to change a light bulb. It had to be sensitive not to be crushed and to find where it is. A robot would need to scan the esrog and be able to compare it to something. To many good, so maybe it is easier to compare to the bad one.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827883
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    ברכות כח,א

    כל תלמיד שאין תוכו כברו a student who is not transparent, his inside is not like is outside, אל יכנס לבית המדרש should not enter the Beis Hamedrash because he is not honest and will argue and not admit the truth. The Meharsha compares it to a beautiful pitcher filled with ashes with no yiras shomayim. They opened up the Beis Hamedrash figuring
    איכה רבה (וילנא) פתיחתות, מתוך שהיו מתעסקין בה המאור שבה היה מחזירן למוטב, when a person deals in Torah, the light in it will turn him back to the good. This explains why we don’t say the reverse כל תלמיד שאין ברו כתוכו even though the inside is more important than the outside, because the inside is no good. If someone hates another because he feels he has been hurt, and is suppose tell him about it and not keep his hatred bottled up inside. It says לא תשנא את אחיך בלבבך explains the Rashbam there that don’t let the hatred fester in the heart, הוכח תוכיח את עמיתך tell your friend about it and then your friend knows that he hurt you and he will excuse himself which will bring to peace. When it comes to continuous hatred, we should keep in mind the words of Chinuch 241, שלא לקום, do not take revenge. Do not shoot the messenger. The person hurting you is a messenger of Hashem to remind you of your sins. Therefore, forgive him.

    in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1827899
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    Our LOR used him in his mussar drasha that richness brought him to his death, so people should appreciate what they have and not desire more.

    in reply to: Pending for Moderation #1827747
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    I put something on the topic Chidushim on Daf Yomi hours ago and still waiting for moderation.

    Sorry, I don’t see anything here.

    in reply to: Yiiddeshe Application for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence #1827658
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    According to Reb Moshe ztz’l a mic or other electronics like a telephone is not a direct voice but an echo.

    in reply to: Yiiddeshe Application for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence #1827654
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    The Taz says there that someone who talks in the middle of davenen, should not be included in a minyan.

    in reply to: Yiiddeshe Application for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence #1827602
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    There is a way to use a computer to check a sefer torah pointing out questionable defect that the sofer can fix.

    in reply to: Yiiddeshe Application for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence #1827598
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    In SA O’CH 55,6 says if someone falls asleep in the middle of devenen, he is included in the minyan. The MB there s’k 33 says that for leining of the mwgila he would not be included because the miracle must be publicized.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827551
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    ברכות כז,ב

    אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל מתפלל אדם של מוצאי שבת בשבת ואומר הבדלה על הכוס Rav Yehudah says in the name of Shmuel a person can daven the tefila of motzei shabbos on shabbos and make havdoloh. How can you do work when it is still shabbos? It is paskened in SA O’CH 293,3 that if someone must rush out on motzei shabbos for a mitzva, he can daven and make havdoloh without candles and not do any work until night. The RMA says that we should pull slowly והוא רחום in order to postpone the time when shabbos is out for the souls returning to gehinom. Over here it is beneficial to follow the Rabbenu Taam to have an excuse, if needed, to return to the gehinom later.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827539
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    ברכות כז,א

    רב מצלי שבת בערב שבת Rav davened shabbos on erev shabbos. He davened early for shabbos when it was still erev shabbos. Did he lein krias shma then? The first Tosfas says yes with the brochos, but it is unclear if would relein it at night. The reason we can relein krias shma without brochos, the Rashba in the teshuva says that we don’t make a brocho on krias shma. The GRA says that the brochos must be said with krias shma at night. So how can we daven early? There is another etza from Rav Hai Goan to say krias shma early without the brochos and repeat it and night with the brochos. In SA O’CH 267 is paskened that we can accept shabbos after plag hamincha, light candles and stop working.

    in reply to: Yiiddeshe Application for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence #1827533
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    The Chacham Tzvi questions whether a golam can be included in a minyan? He says no, even though someone sleeping is included, but he has no neshomoh.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827419
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    The difference above in davening until chatzos is derived from the gemora above כד,א.

    When it comes to mincha we find three times:
    מנחה גדולה – 12:30 as mentioned above the sun moves west. – 6 1/2
    3:30 – מנחה קטנה sacrifice of tamid – 9 1/2
    4:45 – פלג המנחה calculated the time difference between night which is at 6:00 and 3;30 = 2 1/2 hours and the middle of this 3:30 plus 1 1/4 =
    adding up to 4:45 on a normal day where the day and night are equal.
    11 – 1/ 4 = – 10 3/4

    in reply to: Non-Jewish music #1827394
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    Sam Klein, we can be mekadesh certain nigunim. In our chasiddish shul, we sing a hungarian compsed nigun by Kalman Imre as a part of an operetta The Gypsy Queen, for one of the most important tefilos on Yom Kippur by shacharis אתה הוא ה’ אלקינו.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827393
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    The times that are mentioned are שעות זמניות, based on the length of the day divided by 12. The length of the day is an argument between the Magen Avraham SA O’CH 57,1 who says that the length is calculated from עלות השחר, rise of the morning star to צאת הכוכבים, the stars can be seen as discussed the view of the Rabbenu Taam.
    In contrast the GRA holds that the length of the day is calculated from נץ החמה, sunrise to שקיעת החמה, sunset according his view.
    In SA O’CH 89,1 is paskened that we should daven shacharis until the 4th hour, 10:00 AM normally and we get the benefit of davening in time, whereas we can daven until chatzos as discussed previously but we get the benefit of davening but not in time.

    in reply to: Why does Biden get a pass Or ”the donkey in the room ” #1827367
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    The Baal Akedah explains the meaning of הרהורי עבירה קשה מעבירה ratinalizing wrong doing and explaining it. I saw this in the impeachment trial quid pro quo is ok because helping his election is for the benefit of the public.

    in reply to: Why does Biden get a pass Or ”the donkey in the room ” #1827306
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    This questioning in the impeachment trial is a waste of time because they only ask there political advocate and not the otherside.

    in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1827254
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    Correction for above should be, should not depart but only from words of halacha.

    in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1827242
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    The expression above did not penetrate so I will quote the whole expression. הנפטר מחבירו אל יפטור אלא מתוך דבר הלכה
    whoever departs from his friend, should not depart only from words of halacha. He remembers him through the halacha he was told. Maybe, leave things in the middle and not explain fully, so he wil have to work on it and not forget it.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827236
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    If the time ran out for mincha and he forgot yaleh veyavo but at night it is not Rosh Chodash anymore
    should he daven two shmonei esreis? The Tur 422, brings an argument. The Ri holds why say it with no benefit, but the Chachmei Province say that, if yaleh vayavo is left out, it is not considered davening. The Rosh rules that he should daven betoras nedava and nothing new needs to be added, because the davening itself is out of the ordinary.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827078
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    ברכות כו,ב

    Whether davenen maariv is obligatory or voluntary is dependent if tefilas are after korbonas or the avos.
    If after korgonos, it would be voluntary as the left over sacrifices were voluntary over night. but after avos would be obligatory as Yaakov Avinu is not worse than the other avos.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827049
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    ברכות כו,א

    The RMA SA O’CH 89,1 says that we can’t daven shacharis after chatzos. The question is, as davenen is based on the tamid and mincha starts at 12 1/2 hours when nightly tamid starts, what about davenen shacharis in the half hour from chatzos until mincha starts? The MB s’k 7 there discusses this.
    In reality mincha starts from chatzos (according to the GRA, who says on the first mishna in the masechte that speaking in plural, nights means after chatzos when sun turns west and the shkia) but chazal had us wait an extra half hour to be sure to daven mincha the proper time, therefore we should not daven shacharis then, rather daven two mincha shmonei esreis for makeup. If we already davened shacharis then, we don’t have to repeat it.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1827011
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    Correction to reply # 1826543 should be drown out her voice.

    in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1826906
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    lower, the word niftar means depart doesn’t even mean dead like ‘הנפטר מחבירו וכו

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826842
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    GH, A joke comes to mind, a galach once asked a Jew, how come that by you there are no levels, eveyone is a rabbi? The Jew answered him, by us you can become god.

    in reply to: Bachurim marrying early #1826851
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    The problem is if they lack maturity, it will lead to divorce. Maybe they should have shalom bayis classes.

    in reply to: TZADDIK #1826803
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    A tzadik is someone who cares for others. Noach and Yosef supported others whereas Chanoch did not want to do anything with others, so Hashem said, malachim we don’t need here. I was told that tzadik stands for, צפון. דרום. ימה. ,קדמה he spreads himself over the four directions.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826795
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    לא ניתנה תורה למלאכי השרת the Torah was not given to malachim. To understand this better, it says דרכיה דרכי נועם the ways of Torah are sweet. If we don’t feel it, we are doing something wrong. The Torah does not require us to do something we cannot do because than the Torah would become bitter.
    The Dubner Magid explains this with a mashel. A man was invited by someone to stay over. He took along his necessities in a package. Wanting to help him, the host asked his servant to bring it in. When he brings it in, he is sweating and looks exhausted. The guest tells him, this cannot be my package as mine is light and you would not be sweating and exhausted from it. When we are exhausted from keeping the Torah, we are not doing the right thing. Doing the right thing by following the Torah is its own benefit שכר מצוה מצוה, the reward of doing a mitzva, is the mitzva itself, as it brings us enjoyment and tranquility.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826767
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    ברכות כה,ב

    The common expression in the gemora תיקו – תושבי יתרץ קושיות ואעביות referring to Eliyahu Hanovi will come to answer all questions and shalahs, so why isn’t his name mentioned? Maybe, the Chasam Sofer questions that he is malach, so how can you follow him? He answers that if he comes as a human being, his views are accepted. This is what is implied here. He comes from his place of residence as a human being. The other question is, why not Moshe Rabbenu after techiyas hamesim? They answer that we need someone who understands things because he lived through the times.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826716
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    כל הנשמה תהלל י-ה We should not forget to praise Hashem for every breath-take.

    כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה’ מי כמוך – All my bones say Hashem who is like You. Keeping my body healthy and intact, who else can do that.

    People shokel by davenen to have the whole body daven. I heard that some rebbe was questioning the shockeling right to left saying we should indicate ‘yes’ by shockeling forward and backward rather than ‘no’ by shokeling right to left. Reb Moshe ztz’l stopped shokeling because of a story I heard. A Russian soldier pointed a rifle at him and he was so shocked that he could not move. He said I want to apply this feeling towards Hashem.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826688
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    A person wearing a catheter should (if he can) stop davening when it is flowing. Piskei Teshuvas 78

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826677
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    ברכות כה,א

    There is a common shalah in Yechaveh Daas (3,1) from Rav Ovadyah Yosef ztz’l someone in the middle of tefila goes to the bathroom, should he wash his hands there? Even though we separate the toilets by doors and they get flushed, it is better to wash the hands outside. If he does wash his hands there, the brocho should certainly be made outside.

    in reply to: TZADDIK #1826635
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    GH, is that gadol hador?

    in reply to: Non-Jewish music #1826639
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    There is a story where the Kalever heard a peasant was singing a song as he liked the tune, he bought it from the peasant and he changed the words known as the hungarian holy song The rooster crows alredy. Once he bought it from him, the pesaant forgot the song.

    in reply to: Why is the Wider Frum Public Making a Big Deal Over Bryant’s Death #1826615
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    The Rambam says that gazel akim is assur miderabonon not to learn from it. They also say baby boys can have dolls to install in them feelings. So, hearing this awakens our feelings.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826586
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    When a man is saying krias shma, the upper body and lower body must be separated such that the heart should not see, get influenced by the lower body. A belt or rubber band in the underware satisfies this requirement. A gartel is not used for this purpose, but for hikon, as a preparation for davenen. My Rebbi, the Mattersdorfer Rav, Rav Shmuel Ehrenfeld ztz’l wore his gartel under his kapote. Only a pasul sefer torah has the gartel outside.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826576
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    ברכות כד,,ב

    The Aim Habonim Semecha discusses in great detal about going to Eretz Yisroel.
    Before the coming of meshiach, we must build the Beis Hamikdash and on top of that will come the one from fire. This effort should be done in unity by having everyone willing to participate. The Tosfas Yom Tov in Perek 5 of Maaser Sheni mishna 2 quotes the Yerushalmi there. A prove to this is from Nachem. It says there I will be, Hashem says, a wall of fire ‘around it’. Around what? This indicates that the wall of fire will come from above on top of the Beis Hamikdash we build.
    The Aim Habonim Samecha says that this redemption will come slowly, so we have to contibute to it by going to Eretz Yisroel whereas the Mihchas Elozor from Munkatch holds that this happens spontaneously, so we must stay in Chutz Laaretz until Meshiach comes. The Aim Habonim Samecha, who happens to be a student of his, says that we are not on the Minchas Elozor’s level to be worthy for a spontaneos redemption, but he will arrive as a poor person riding on a donkey.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826543
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    When it comes to the women’s voice considered by the gemora erva, the Rebbe Reb Yonasan Eibshutz ztz’l in his sefer Tiferes Yanoson says that is why Miryam took a drum to draw out her voice.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826469
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    ברכות כד,א

    We will discuss whether we can say krias shma infront of married woman’s uncovered hair. The gemora says that hair is erva. In SA 75 MB establishes, in the beginning of the siman, the difference between real erva and hair. Real erva, an uncovered body part of a women, must be covered for davenen. Hair is not real erva. The issur is hirhur (distracting the mind) which can be remedied by either closing the eyes or looking away. Some say that closing the eyes is not enough, therefore, the remedy is looking away.
    The Aruch Hashulchon there s’k 7 recognizes a rampant problem of women not covering their hair and that itself is the heter. He cites from the Mordechai in the name of the Ravyeh that when people become accustomed to a bad behavior, it does not affect them anymore. Therefore, hair will not cause hirhur and men can lein krias shma infront of them. The MB’s view is that two wrongs don’t make a right, and the same way biblically they have to cover their hair on the street, so to do they have to cover there hair among men.
    Over here, we see that Torah does not seem to accept this ruling, otherwise why cover the hair?
    We find by a sotah that her hair is being uncovered to ashame her, so normally her hair is covered.

    in reply to: Shabbos car #1826416
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    Obviously, in Chasam Sofer’s time there was no car. He ruled over a steamboat which rocks one, disturbs his tranquility.

    in reply to: Shofar Before Mincha? #1826411
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    It could be as tthere is a minhag to make Yom Kippur Katan for a time of teshuva at least twice a year, they blow shofar to wake people up.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826408
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    ברכות כב,ב

    In SA O’CH 581 for Erev Rosh Hashanah and the RMA SA O’CH 606,4 for Erev Yom Kippur pasken to purify oneself for the holidays. These is because of kerii, so they rule that 9 kavin (shower) is sufficient. To learn how to do this, see the Taz O’CH 88, where his feet are in water and water reaches his whole body through a continuous fkow.

    in reply to: throwing a boy out of school #1826378
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    There is an argument between the RMA and the Taz in YD 334 if we put someone in cherem (excomunicate), the RMA says yes and we don’t look and consequences, but the Taz questuions it. Similarly, litvishe Roshei Yeshivas are reluctant to do it. Sometimes they make an agreement before accepting him that the parents should know ahead time, if required, they have the right to throw him out.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826367
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    ברכות כב,א

    The Shagas Aryeh 67, discusses the Rosh, whether currently the rule חייב אדם לטהר את עצמו לפני הרגל one should purify himself for the holidays applies as we have no Beis Hamikdash and no sacrifices. He rules that it does not.
    Similarly, חייב אדם לקבל את רבו ברגל a person is obligated to visit his Rebbi on holidays. The Noda Beyehudah rules that currently it does not apply. The shechina is stiil at the place of the Mikdash and since he can’t go there, he can’t see his Rebbi either, otherwise his Rebbi becomes greater than the shechina.

    in reply to: Shabbos car #1826315
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    According to the Chasam Sofer you are still violating the asei of shabosan (resting).

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826082
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    To understand the above logic Tosfas in Kidushin 39,2 starting words machshovo, explains that by Jews a good thought is counted as action but a bad thought is not whereas by the goyim the opposite is true a good thought is not counted as action but a bad thought is. Why? The Maharal explains that the atzmius of a Jew is good, so if he thinks of doing good, he will convert into action but bad he might not whereas a goy is the reverse. According to this, since a Jew does not want to do an aveiroh but the yetzer hara influences him, it would not be just, when the Jew wants to do a mitzva to force on him an averoh.

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826073
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    Should be above, he is speaking. so why is that not a hafsek in the middle of shmonei esrei?

    in reply to: Chidushim on Daf Yomi #1826052
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    In SA O’CH 109,3 says that if one is in the middle of shmonei esrrei other than kedusha, he should stay quiet to listen to kedusha as שומע כעונה, hearing is like answering. This rule is also used when hearing the leining of the megilla, so they ask we must lein aloud from a megilla and he does not have these, so how can he be yotzei the mitzva of leining the megilla? The answer is, that it does not mean he is leining with his own mouth but ihis mouth is speaking with the voice of the baal korreh who has a megilla. But, he is speaking, so why is that not hafaek in the middle in of shmonei esrei?
    They say that one who wants to do a mitzva can not be forced to do an aveira. We find a similar idea in Bava Metzia 96,2 איסווא לא ניחא ליה דלקני one does not want to acqure an issur e.g. chametz through kinyan chatzer.

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