[Avodah] ribis and being elevated? (status??)

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 02:04:13PM -0400, David Riceman wrote:
> RHB:
>> when the gemarra states that a few people are eleveated in status,  
>> (eg, king, etc) their sins are forgiven, what does this mean (eg what  
>> does it apply to?) dinei mamonis (if he charged a fellow jew ribis is he  
>> patur?) dinei shamayim? etc,
>
> I think it refers to habit....

Agreed, I just want to tie in REED's "nequdas habechirah" model for
thinking about the role of hergel to change one's soul.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha