Furthermore, the Michtav Me’eliyahu writes that performing chumros that one is not on the level to perform causes a distortion in his outlook, where one violates real issurim but ignores it due to his perception of himself as being beyond reproach due to his chumros. Finally, there is the famous story of Mar Ukva who called himself “vinegar the son of wine” for not waiting 24 hours between meat and milk like his father did. Why didn’t he just wait 24 hours? Because if he didn’t, it wouldn’t be real- it would be yuhara. Im Yirtzah Hashem I’ll reach the level of refinement to only listen to refined Jewish music. But I’m not there yet, and refuse to fake it- this is what my Rosh hayeshiva would want me to do “ba’asher hu shum”.
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