[Avodah] Avedat Akum

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:07:12 -0500
Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

...

> A nafka mina between the two reasons: according to the Rambam (and the
> Mechaber) if you know the owner is a decent person who doesn't break any
> of the 7MBN then it should be permitted to return his avedot even where
> there is no issue of chilul/kiddush Hashem.  But according to Rashi it
> would still be forbidden, and the only heter for returning it is kiddush
> Hashem.

Be'er Ha'Golah (266:2) actually gives this nafka minah, arguing that
according to Rambam, the prohibition does not apply to contemporary
non-Jews.

Yitzhak
--
Bein Din Ledin - http://bdl.freehostia.com
A discussion of Hoshen Mishpat, Even Ha'Ezer and other matters