Creating and canceling a summary for performing a mitzvah
Hello Rabbi,
What do you think about observing mitzvot that we are not obligated to do? I am not talking about existential mitzvot like eating bread in the sukkah after the first night, but about mitzvot that apparently do not currently have the essence to commit to, but are created artificially. For example:
- Wearing a four-winged garment to pledge allegiance to the tzitzit
- Owning a donkey just to redeem it
- For a field owner, fulfilling the mitzvah of a veil, even though it seems possible to get rid of it (because the poor do not come)
One could also ask the opposite question about “regular” arama – an artificial change of the situation in order to avoid fulfilling the mitzvah. Tosafot says about tzitzit that there is a punishment for this (= avoiding wearing an appropriate garment even though it is customary to wear it, in order to avoid tzitzit) during a calamity. But apparently it is done all the time in prozbol, sale permits, etc. And about the wig, I am a little doubtful whether it should not be observed in our days.
My question is, is it permissible to do the trick, and especially the opposite – is there value in artificially creating a charge?
Discover more from הרב מיכאל אברהם
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Discover more from הרב מיכאל אברהם
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Leave a Reply
Please login or Register to submit your answer