[Avodah] lifnei iver/kanaus

[Elazar M. Teitz]

<<But even if the Rav is not negligent, if the item is lost or stolen, then he has been put in the position of having to swear that he was not negligent.  Why should he be put in this position if what he did was not only mutar but a mitzvah?>>

<You could ask the same question on a Shomer Aveida, who is also involved in a Mitzvah and yet he is either a Shomer Chinam or a Shomer Sachar. (BK 56).>

     No comparison. In the case of aveida, the shmira is itself part of the mitzva.

EMT