chairs on the ground 2
Question
Nicha ley, means you want the hole. You want the hole, so that the chair sits level. The melacha of Chofer (tolda of Choresh) is you want the hole, not the dirt from the hole. When you sit and the chair is uneven, you will lean that direction to level it out. CYA Many Orthodox Shuls have Perek on the Green Programs in the Spring. I know Irving Bunim, who was very close with Rav Aharon ZT'L, spoke may times in our neighborhood. These programs were held, as the name implies on someones lawn and no one was worried that sitting on a chair might make a hole in the grass. Many Frum hotels in the Catskills also have speakers on the lawn on Shabat afternoon. I have not done any research on this one. Is this Black Letter Law, and anyone that does otherwise is clearly wrong, or do other Poskim differ on this and those who sit on the lawn have on who to rely. DW
Answer
Answered by Aaron AbadiA qualified Posek (Rabbi) can certainly disagree, and even I won't jump down his throat. However, that Rabbi Aharon Kotler did not object to Irving Bunim speaking at such gatherings is certainly not enough to prove that he held it was OK. Did he know what they were doing? Did they ask him? Did he feel that it was better not to say something that they wouldn't listen to? Did he figure that this was better than people going to work on Shabbat? We cannot use such things as proof. AA