August 10, 2022

 We are continuing in siman 20, discussing the general question of whether a person has a chiyuv to seek out mitzvos which they are not technically chayav to perform. We left off with a Gemara in Menachos which seems to indicate that a person should seek to perform such mitzvos, because Hashem will hold them […]

 We are beginning siman 20. The Chayei Adam writes that one should seek out to perform a mitzvah which people do not generally perform, because the mitzvah feels bereft. The Chayei Adam compares such a mitzvah to a meis mitzvah, a person who is niftar and does not have anyone to bury them. The mitzvah