– Q. Rov. the above is indeed very, very interesting and powerful, since all I have to do is daily spend some good, great time after davening, thinking and planing to all the many, many mitzvos and learning Torah that I can possibly do and really, truly would love to do them if possible. Does the above really apply to all possible mitzvos or is there some limitations?

A. Firstly, we must mention that the Yerushalmi (Gittin 7: 6) disagrees with the above principle and maintains that if one who abstained by accident or against his will from performing a mitzva he wanted and decided to do, does not get credit for it at all.

Then, the Binyan Shlomo (On Rambam H. Milah) is of the opinion that even by the Talmud Babli, it only pertains to mitzvos that could be performed by ordering a shaliach or agent to do them for you and in one’s name since they are not mitzvos that have to be performed “Begufo” or personally.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.