[Avodah] halachic attitude to the convicted

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 01:10:24AM +0200, Daniel Eidensohn wrote:
: *Steipler Rav (Within the Domain of Gedolei Torah Vol 2 page 557-560): 
: *The rav of Komemiyus, Rav Binyamin Mendelson approached Rav Shlomo 
: Lorenz concerning someone who had committed a crime in the past. Then he 

There is also a famous story about R' Chaim Brisker raising money on
Yom Kippur for the release of a Bundist from the Czar's prison. The
prisoner was caught with handouts or maybe not-yet-hung posters on his
person. R Chaim delayed Kol Nidre until the 10,000 rubles needed to get
him released was raised. The guy actually was guilty the charge, he was
a Communist. And he was an apiqoreis, halachically guilty. And yet R'
Chaim invoked pidyon shevuyim to get the entire city of Brisk "violating"
(in quotes in case it's hutrah) Yom Kippur.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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