[Avodah] dina demalchuta

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:49:08AM +0100, Chana Luntz wrote:
: Just to slightly butt in here, I don't think you are understanding RZS's
: argument.  He doesn't believe that DDD is an aseh or a lav, he believes it
: is just a kind of recognition of a fact, ie a shtar is valid, or a seizing
: of property by the king make the property legitimately the king's.  He
: doesn't believe that this imposes on anybody any obligation to do anything.

Thank you, I didn't.

However, saying that a shetar is valid is identical to saying I have a
chiyuv to abide by that shetar and identical to saying I have an issur
against violating that shetar.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha