[Avodah] dina demalchuta

[Zev Sero]

On 20/07/2011 5:20 PM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> I am still confused by how anyone can deny that dina dimalchuta is an
> obligation at least in many cases
> The obligation to pay taxes (again at least some kinds of taxes) is
> taken for granted under DDD.

Not quite.  What's taken for granted is that the proper taxes (whatever
they might be) belong to the king.  I've never seen *anywhere* mention
of an obligation to seek him out and hand his property over, but if his
men come asking for it and one deliberately hides it one's getting into
the question of where the line lies between oshek and gezel.  Remember
that gezel nochri is assur d'oraisa.

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