[Avodah] mei marom

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:57:19AM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
: On the contrary, the entire pshetel *depends* on the identity of the
: crier, and it makes no sense with Rebbi as the crier.

I have no idea why you say that. The peshetl simply requires someone to
note "qoneh olamo besha'ah achas".

:>Leis din veleis Dayan?

: Of course there is a din and a dayan.  What has that got to do with it?
: Yesh koneh olamo beshanim harbei.  But there are ways to get on the fast
: track.  Teshuvah is one of them; why does that bother you less than the
: other two? (Or more; we have no guarantee that there are only three.)

Teshuvah is a means of earning olam haba. Qoneh olamo. He got what he
deserved, even if it only took him sha'ah achas to deserve it.

Your statement about tzadiq gozeir explicitly relies on the centurion
NOT deserving it. He wasn't qoneh olamo -- RCbD so-to-speak forced the
issue despite that. Thus, a lack of justice.

You also have yet to explain how a centurion deciding not to go on
executing Jews but instead to throw in his lot with RCbD doesn't quality
as teshuvah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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