There is a famous teshuvah of
the Radba”z on the topic of a person in prison who can choose one day a year to go out
– should be wait for Yom Kippur, the most chashuv day of the year, should he
maybe wait for Purim where he gets pirsumei nisa as well as mikra megilah, or should he choose the very next day on the calendar
and not wait at all? Radba”z says “ain ma’avirin al hamitzvos” – take the very next day.
The Chacham Tzvi argues that this is
against a mefurash gemara. There is a sugya (Menachos 49a) that debates
what to do if you have only one animal left in storage to use for korbanos and it’s Shabbos afternoon – should
you use it to be makriv the korban musaf of Shabbos, as Shabbos is mekudash, or
should you hold it until tomorrow and be makriv Sunday morning’s tamid because
of the importance of tamid. Based on the logic of the Radbaz, just like
you don’t wait for Yom Kippur or for Purim because “ain ma’avirin al hamitzvos,”
it should be pashut that you should offer the musaf that is obligatory
today instead of waiting for the tamid of tomorrow. What’s the gemara’s
safeik? QED that since there is a safeik, the Radbaz is wrong.
How could you be mechaleik between the cases? I'll let you think before writing anything.
>>> take the very next day
ReplyDeletezeh-ha'yom asaw Hashem nawgeelaw v'neesm'cha vo!
(Teh 118:24)
>>> How could you be mechaleik between the cases?
(since sophisticated answers have yet to pile up in the Comment section, here's a simple notion)
mightn't the prisoner yet find himself free for
Yom Kippur? he won't for certain lose the greater, ulterior mitzvah by performance of tomorrow's minor deed {will a qualified/inspected sheep suddenly manifest for the morning's tamid, should the last animal go up in smoke for mussaf? where the more important, later mitzvah will for certain be forfeit, will the Radba"z still apply ain ma'avirin al hamitzvos?}