[Avodah] A Mamzer Marrying a Shifchah

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 02:06:55PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
> As I have written many times before, there is no issur on violating
> the law.  You will not find such an issur anywhere in the gemara or
> the Shulchan Aruch or the Rambam, or any other accepted code of
> Jewish law....

You can write the same thing many times, it doesn't make it more
right.

http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol27/v27n155.shtml#10

Rashi, Maharshal, Rashbam, Ran, the SA, the Rama and the Shakh all hold
that such an issur exists, and argue over its basis and consequently
its scope. Arguably the Ran's sevara may not apply outside a monarchy.
And the SA may limit the scope to cheating on laws that finance the
gov't.

I agree with the rest of your analysis.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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