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Why does the Rambam rule that for pikuach nefesh one must cut from a single branch with three figs rather than from two separate branches with one fig each? The shiur reveals two distinct principles: taking extra fruit to avoid additional melachah may be hutrah (fully permitted) while the cutting itself remains dechuyah (merely pushed aside). When both options exist, one is obligated to choose hutrah over dechuyah.
Why is there chinuch for fasting on Yom Kippur when we don't train children in other prohibitions like avoiding treif? The shiur develops the principle that positive commandments provide spiritual growth through performance, while negative commandments offer no benefit from mere avoidance. The Rambam's innovative concept of "calibration" suggests a child's limited fasting equals an adult's full fast proportionally.
