[Avodah] pidyon shvuyim

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

r matisyahu salomon was asked the following  last  week----

I  chose to ask him about issues of financial impropriety in the Frum 
community. I asked him about Pidyon Shevuyim and if there is a mitzvah of 
pidyon shevuyim for frum criminals .... First he told me that for someone 
who is truly a criminal there would be no inyan of pidyon shevuyim but we 
have to be very quick not to judge. I then asked about a case where they 
were found guilty by a court (mr x) to which he responded that ?being 
found guilty by a court does not mean anything? but we have to know for a 
fact that they are guilty. He then said that if we know that they are 
guilty there is no mitzvah of pidyon shevuyim. someone asked if people 
come out right away and call it anti Semitism is this a chilul hashem. He 
said that it a dangerous thing to do. Goyim also claim anti Semitism. I 
then asked what if we see people being taken away in handcuffs on the news 
is this still not a chillul hashem if we do not have the facts to which he 
said that we have to be very careful not to jump to conclusions and we 
need to know who is creating the chilul hashem is it the guy getting 
arrested or the person arresting him. 


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