[Avodah] worst aveirah

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:49:54AM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
: See Minhath Hinuch #425 (harigas 7 amm'min) s.v. "v'kasav harav"
: (the very final comment)....

Which speaks of sakanah, not yeihareig -- implying vadai.

Also, the MC you're citing is on the mitzvah of 7 ammim, and he explains
it in terms of their sinfullness. For that matter, between AZ and piquach
nefesh, one might argue that milkhemes mitzvah is vaguely derivative
of the yeihareig ve'al ya'avor nature of those two issurim. (Actually,
the Kenaanim were pretty big on all three.) And still he leaves it with a
"tzarikh iyun".

Milkhemes reshus is less explainable, more tzarikh iyun. So I went to 527,
the mitvah to perform a milkemes reshus appropriately. But no mention
there of sakanah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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