[Avodah] ein shliach le-dvar averiah

[Zev Sero]

On 3/06/2011 1:23 PM, Daniel Israel wrote:

> If he had told them what they were carrying and then convinced them to
> do it anyway, you _might_ have a case.  But here you can't say they were
> responsible for their action, because he put them their via false pretenses.

In other words, they were ivrim.

>  So if I convince you to walk into my backyard, which is full of pits,
> perhaps you can say it is only lifnei iver.

Perhaps?  Isn't that *exactly* what lifnei iver *is*?

>  But if I assure you there are no pits, are you claiming I'm not a mazik?

Again, isn't that the *definition* of lifnei iver?


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