Repayment of Mitzvot (cont.)
Question
Dear Rabbi Lauffer,Thank you for your response. I see from your answer that one is paid back for [as much as you want to spend for] the mitzvos which the Torah says that we're paid back for, which is what I wanted to know. But you added that not all mitzvos are in this category. I am not questioning your psak, but I would like to mention what spurred my question. I was reading a book called, "Trust Me!", by Rabbi Eliezer Parkoff. On page 436, he writes the following:"The Mishnah Berurah (in Be'ur Halachah) cautions that this statement refers only to Torah study and Shabbos and Yom Tov expenses;* regular weekday expenses are not included.*The Shita Mekubbetzes (on Beitzah 16a), quoting the Ritva, states that the Gemara is not only referring to these three things. Rather, it means any mitzvah. The reason it mentions these three things specifically is because they are quite common. Moreover, the Mishnah Berurah seems to rule according to this understanding, for in Orach Chaim 242, note 4, we read: "...for the needs of a Shabbos meal or seudas mitzvah." "Now, obviously, you and Rabbi Parkoff can disagree on how to interpret this halachah; I just wanted to know if that was, indeed, the case. Maybe not everyone agrees with the Shita Mekubbetzes. I don't know; I'm not a posek. Would you please clarify whether this is a machlokes, or not?Thanks,Yaakov Laska