[Avodah] violating a lav to perform a mitzva

[Zev Sero]

Shaya Potter wrote:
> on areivim it was stated
> 
> "admittedly, one is permitted to free a slave in order to perform a
> mitzvah, even a rabbinic mitzvah like constituting a minyan"
> 
> how does this fit w/ mitzva ha'baah b'aveirah.  Based on the gemara in
> sukkah (a stolen lulav can not be used for the mitzva of lulav) this
> strikes me as strange....
> 
> what are the parameters of the above statement?


It's not a lav, it's an asei.

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