[Avodah] Maakeh

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 06:41:46AM -0500, Mordechai Torczyner wrote:
: On 12/29/06, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
: > Think how many shuls you know have a duchan built like a stage
: > -- no maakah. We think of Judaism in very rite-based terms: frumkeit, not
: > ehrlachkeit.

: Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 427:3 explicitly exempts a shul from
: a maakeh.

... and it's more chayav in mezuzah?

That was the point of my comparison: Many (most?) shuld have on a
mezuzah because we can't picture a Jewish room without one, even though
in this case it's a reshus. But we do not equally picture Jewish space
requiring maakos.

: Presumably, though, if it were truly a dangerous situation there would
: still be a lifnei iver obligation.

I don't think so. Bor bereshus harabbim. But lifnei iveir is not once
mentioned in the gemara as an issur against physically harming people.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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