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==Fulfilling the 6 Constant Mitzvot== | ==Fulfilling the 6 Constant Mitzvot== | ||
# There are 6 mitzvot which one is constantly obligated in to fulfill by thinking about them at all times: | # There are 6 mitzvot which one is constantly obligated in to fulfill by thinking about them at all times: | ||
##Belief in Hashem | ##[[Emunah|Belief in Hashem]] | ||
##Believing there is no other god | ##[[Avoda Zara|Believing there is no other god]] | ||
##Hashem is one | ##[[Yichud Hashem|Hashem is one]] | ||
##Love of Hashem | ##[[Ahavat Hashem|Love of Hashem]] | ||
##Fear of Hashem | ##[[Yirat Hashem|Fear of Hashem]] | ||
##Not straying after the sights of one's eyes (inappropriate sights) and the thoughts of one's heart (which contradict Torah values). <ref>Beiur Halacha 1:1 s.v. Hu quoting from Sefer HaChinuch's introduction. </ref> | ##[[Inappropriate_Staring_at_the_Opposite_Gender|Not straying after the sights of one's eyes (inappropriate sights)]] and [[Heresy|the thoughts of one's heart (which contradict Torah values)]]. <ref>Beiur Halacha 1:1 s.v. Hu quoting from Sefer HaChinuch's introduction. </ref> | ||
#Some explain that this does not obligate us to actually think about fulfilling these mitzvot all the time, but rather that whenever one does think about these mitzvot one is fulfilling a mitzvah or alternatively, by acting in the proper way with a sense of fear of Heaven and faith (as above) one fulfills these constant mitzvot. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 1:3, Lev Avraham 1:23 </ref> | #Some explain that this does not obligate us to actually think about fulfilling these mitzvot all the time, but rather that whenever one does think about these mitzvot one is fulfilling a mitzvah or alternatively, by acting in the proper way with a sense of fear of Heaven and faith (as above) one fulfills these constant mitzvot. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 1:3, Lev Avraham 1:23 </ref> | ||
#Some poskim prohibit thinking about these six constant mitzvot in the bathroom.<ref>Byitzchak Yikareh argues that one shouldn't think about them in the bathroom. Lev Avraham 1:23 argues that there is no prohibition and in fact it is a mitzvah to think about the six constant mitzvot even in the bathroom. His proof is the Nachal Eshkol Tefillah 12:28 and Chachmat Shlomo 85:2. He is disagreeing with Rav Natan Gashtetner in Natan Piryo 1. Rav Natan's proof is from the Midrash (cited by Tosfot beg. Yitro) that it is forbidden to express Hashem's name in the bathroom because it is inappropriate. Lev Avraham argues that it is only forbidden to enunciate it but not to think about it. Another proof is from the Magen Avraham 85:1 who says that in the bathroom a person should think about calculations he has to do and he didn't say these six mitzvot. Lev Avraham argues that it is only saying that a person could think about calculations and not that it is forbidden to think about something else. Another proof is the Prisha 85 who says that it isn't embarressing to be without Torah in a dirty place because that is a fulfillment of Torah. Lev Avraham argues that fulfilling these six constant mitzvot doesn't fulfill learning Torah.</ref> | #Some poskim prohibit thinking about these six constant mitzvot in the bathroom.<ref>Byitzchak Yikareh argues that one shouldn't think about them in the bathroom. Lev Avraham 1:23 argues that there is no prohibition and in fact it is a mitzvah to think about the six constant mitzvot even in the bathroom. His proof is the Nachal Eshkol Tefillah 12:28 and Chachmat Shlomo 85:2. He is disagreeing with Rav Natan Gashtetner in Natan Piryo 1. Rav Natan's proof is from the Midrash (cited by Tosfot beg. Yitro) that it is forbidden to express Hashem's name in the bathroom because it is inappropriate. Lev Avraham argues that it is only forbidden to enunciate it but not to think about it. Another proof is from the Magen Avraham 85:1 who says that in the bathroom a person should think about calculations he has to do and he didn't say these six mitzvot. Lev Avraham argues that it is only saying that a person could think about calculations and not that it is forbidden to think about something else. Another proof is the Prisha 85 who says that it isn't embarressing to be without Torah in a dirty place because that is a fulfillment of Torah. Lev Avraham argues that fulfilling these six constant mitzvot doesn't fulfill learning Torah.</ref> | ||
