[Avodah] Driving on Shabbos

[Liron Kopinsky]

> What about dan l'chaf z'chus?  Assume it's a goy.
>

This past shabbat I heard a shiur on dan l'chaf z'chus where they basically
said:
1) If it is a person who is known to be a tzaddik, you obviously assume that
whatever they were doing was good, no matter how crazy it may seem
2) If it is a person who is known to be a rasha, vice versa
3) If it is someone who you don't know, assume the best, but you don't have
to jump through ridiculous hoops - "if it smells like a fish..."

If you are in Israel, assuming it's a goy is probably over the top.
Similarly, in the case I had, where they were asking directions to a
Conservative building, it would be hard to make that big of a jump.

~Liron
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