It has been quite a while since I post anything... This is really due to my inability to maintain a blog; moreover a group. I apologise for that; truly.
This week is about Mitzvot that are performed under transgression... The classic example is read from (Psalms 10:3)
When a thief recites a blessing, he angers God
The Talmud (Bava Kama 94a) explains that a person stole wheat, ground it into flour, knead it into a dough, tore off a portion for the tithe for the High Priest, and recite the blessing over it. Instead of being pleased with that person's prayer, G-d is extremely angered by this deed because that person is brave enough to pronounce G-d's Holy Name despite the fact that he has offered a stolen portion!
A lot of things, if we did not realise at all, comes from stolen things (just like praying from a Stolen Siddur) and happily, this is not "kosher"... It is not at all...
Everyone knows that, sometimes, we did not care about the copyright law and we use pirated software for the sake of conveniences and carelessness... Yes, we might not be able to afford the original software but it is not at all pleasing to HaShem... Let's say that you always read Torah portion through the internet and your copy of your operating system is actually illegal! Do you think that your knowledge is in any way, Kosher? Not so I am afraid.
However, there is sometimes a Mitzvah in transgression and it is very very very limited in its sense (severely limited perhaps). This will be explained in details in next week post.
So what should we do? Make sure that our Mitzvot are performed in perfect honesty and no illegal actions are involved.
May all of us are able to do so... Amen..
A lot of things, if we did not realise at all, comes from stolen things (just like praying from a Stolen Siddur) and happily, this is not "kosher"... It is not at all...
Everyone knows that, sometimes, we did not care about the copyright law and we use pirated software for the sake of conveniences and carelessness... Yes, we might not be able to afford the original software but it is not at all pleasing to HaShem... Let's say that you always read Torah portion through the internet and your copy of your operating system is actually illegal! Do you think that your knowledge is in any way, Kosher? Not so I am afraid.
However, there is sometimes a Mitzvah in transgression and it is very very very limited in its sense (severely limited perhaps). This will be explained in details in next week post.
So what should we do? Make sure that our Mitzvot are performed in perfect honesty and no illegal actions are involved.
May all of us are able to do so... Amen..
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