[Avodah] Gil'ad Shalit and the Maharam miRutenberg

[Micha Berger]

RHM's comment on Areivim made me wonder...

When the Maharam miRutenberg got word to the Rosh not to pay the ransom
(the money was already raised), was it a personal sacrifice or a pesaq?

I was taught the latter, and that in fact the MmR's decision was invoked
in later teshuvos. My Bar Ilan skills are either lacking, or I was under
a misimpression.

If anyone knows more about the MmR's decision as halachic precedent, I
would be happy to read it.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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