[Avodah] The Rosh ruled that a rav was a zaken mamre

[Zev Sero]

On 8/11/2010 7:03 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> Courts have the authority for uviarta hara'ah miqirbekha, but not the
> dinei nefashos listed in halakhah. IOW, if a beis din in the 4 Aratzos
> killed a murderer (including a malshin) without having a Sanhedrin in
> the lishqas hagazis, it was based on the mitzvah benei Noach of having
> batei din to create a safe society (or the Sinaitic equivalent).

The Rosh seems to have taken a broader view of the power given him by
the king.

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