[Avodah] Threats Against A Judge

Harvey Benton harveybenton at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 13 11:43:59 PST 2009


RZSero wrote:
That's an explicit lav of "lo taguru".  As the Sifri says, "perhaps you will
say I am afraid of so-and-so lest he kill my son, or burn my grain-stack,
or chop down my trees".  There's no question that one may not give a false
psak, and that this overrides pikuach nefesh...

HB: If this is the case, that one must give up his life for a Psak, then why isn't it listed as one of the 3 things one is required to give up his life for rather than violate?  KT, HB
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