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Answer: The dilemma of choosing the lesser of two evils arises in many cases.
The gemara (Shabbat 4a) rules that one who sticks dough to a hot oven’s wall on Shabbat should scrape it off (usually a Rabbinic prohibition) to save himself from the bigger aveira of chillul Shabbat, whether he placed it there purposely or by mistake (Mishna Berura 254:39). Thus, if beracha l’vatala is a bigger aveira than not waiting six hours between meat and milk, perhaps one should eat a little of the milchig food. (In Shabbat 4a, the baking is continuing during inaction.) The Rama (Orach Chayim 271:5) indeed rules that if one made a beracha on food before Havdala, he should eat.
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (654)
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517 - Raffle on Shabbat
518 - Weak Prohibition Vs. Beracha L’vatala
519 - Folded Over Matza
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How serious is a beracha l’vatala? The Rambam (Berachot 1:15, cited by the Shulchan Aruch, OC 215:4) describes it as a Torah prohibition of saying Hashem’s Name in vain. Tosafot (Rosh Hashana 33a) posits that it is Rabbinic (praising Hashem any time, any way, is not in vain), and many concur. It is not, then, clear that beracha l’vatala is worse than the forbidden eating. Also, the Rama relates to a case where the food is permitted, just one must wait until after Kiddush or Havdala, which may make it more lenient (see Tosafot, Pesachim 106b). Milk after meat is tricky to define. On the one hand, the milchig food is permitted. On the other hand, the prohibition is based on treating it like eating milk and meat mixed together i.e., a forbidden food, (Yechaveh Da’at IV:41).
For another reason, eating some of the food might not help. One may not make a beracha on forbidden food (Shulchan Aruch, OC 196:1), so even if one ate the food, it may still be a beracha l’vatala. While the Rama felt it helped regarding eating before Havdala, the above distinction is relevant. Perhaps the beracha is not l’vatala on a permitted food before Havdala, but is l’vatala for Rabbinic meat-milk (Yechaveh Da’at ibid.). Even regarding a time-based minhag like fleishig food in the Nine Days, some opinions forbid eating even after the beracha was made (Yechaveh Da’at ibid.).
However, our case has mitigating factors. It is far from a Torah-level prohibition since the foods are not cooked together and especially if the fleishig is poultry. Even Rabbinically, eating milchig after fleishig is forbidden explicitly only at the same meal (Chulin 105a). The strongest reason to be lenient (see Yechaveh Da’at ibid.) is that after an hour has passed, we are not even sure eating milchig is forbidden at all (see Rama, Yoreh Deah 89:1). Note that while one may not feed forbidden food to small children, the consensus is that waiting an hour after meat is enough.
We found no one recommending using the beracha for a permitted food. Many rule that if one made a beracha on a food and it got lost before eating, he can use the beracha for another food, but only if it is the same type of food and it was before them during the beracha (Rama, OC 206:6; Mishna Berura 206:26). It is interesting that leniency on broadening the efficacy of the beracha is not the best alternative.
In conclusion, we recommend that if an hour passed from eating meat, one should eat a little of the milchig food; within an hour, one should just recite "Baruch shem …"
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
