[Avodah] rape

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 9:49am +0300 Rn "Ilana Sober Elzufon" repeated in
the name of R' Moshe Sober, "mainly based on Drashot haRan":
: > But setting punishments, and defining specific criteria for imposing them,
: > is very dependent on the specific society. This is an area of law that is
: > entrusted by the Torah to the melech and should be applied appropriately in
: > each era.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:10pm EDT, R Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
: Note, though, that the Ran's theory is innovative, and not necessarily
: the consensus view.

Let's say others do not give such power to the melekh. We do find
that many things society needs to be protected from, moreso that the
7MBN would require non-Jewish society to protect itself from, that the
mandatory oneshim and qenasos would not.

How did they believe "uviarta hara'ah miqirbekha" was fulfilled? If not
by the melekh legislating, wouldn't the court have to do *something*?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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