[Avodah] ein shliach le-dvar aceriah

[Eli Turkel]

Moving from areivim: there was a discussion of the punishment for
the one who set up the 3 lads in bringing illegal things into Japan

Two questions:

1. The gemara "exonerates" one who sets up others to do a sin on the grounds
that
the other person shouldn't have listened. What about this case where the
boys
were mislead. Is the sender now guilty in bet din?


2. I have always been bothered that the Mafia leader is always off the hook
and only
the poor underlings can be charged. True the leadership will be punished by
G-d
but in our world the leadership seems to live a wonderful life and is not
threatened
by any eventual punishment in the next world. In fact many Italian mafiosos
attend
church regularly. Any thoughts?
In the real world how would a Torah society treat Mafia leaders except for
the answer
of "dinei melech" which to me is a cop out.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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