[Avodah] Monsey kashrut problem

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 05:58:05PM +0000, Kohn, Shalom wrote:
: I understand that one ingesting non-kosher may need some kind of
: "tahara" on the principle that non-kosher is me-tamteim es halev, and
: that one properly feels violated for eating non-kosher, even b'oness.
: But "kaparah"?

Is this oneis or shogeig?

Second, the line between taharah and kaparah isn't well defined; they
seem to be causally linked in "yekhapeir aleikhem letaheir eskhem".

Last, isn't there a principle that misgalgelim chov al yedei chayav,
or aveirah goreres aveirah, or the Besh"t's explanation of why someone
who sees a sotah beqilqulah should become a nazir (that Hashem shows
you want He needs you to see), kol haposeil bemumo poseil, etc... IOW,
that the incident shows a pegam elsewhere.

-mi

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