[Avodah] Mezuzos for Nachriim

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 03:21:08AM +1000, Zev Sero wrote:
> Either way it's not possible that Rebbi sent the mezuzah to Artevan
> to prevent eivah.  Artevan did not request a mezuzah, and was taken
> aback when he received it...

I think this response rules out someone who would assume the best of
a friend.

>                                       who was to say that he'd bother
> to ask Rebbi for an explanation, rather than immediately jumping to
> the conclusion that he'd been disrespected, and even if he were sure
> to ask, who was to say that he'd accept the answer?

I saw the whole thing as an excercise to drill home the message: If you
wish Divine Aid for the Parthians, cut the Jews some slack.

Which they did -- shortly thereafter, we re-establish the role of
reish gelusah with R' Huna.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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