[Avodah] geneivas daas [was: Imposing dress codes on non-Jews]

[Micha Berger]

From: Zev Sero <zev at sero.name>
> Geneivas Akum is assur min hatorah, isn't it?  Whereas where is *any* 
> geneivas daas assur min hatorah?

I was thinking about geneivas da'as aku"m having nothing to do with
chilul H' (which is why I called it "more direct") and thus having no
parallel to the situation of ta'us aku"m.

Geneivas da'as is learned out from Vayiqra 19:11 (see Ritva Chullin 94a,
Sma"g lav #55) and more to our point (but less supported) from Bereishis
31:20, "Vayignov Yaaqov es leiv Lavan", an instance of geneivas da'as
aku"m.

I would also note that midevar sheqer tirchaq is a reflexive lav, there
is no object to the sentence outside oneself, the target of the sheqer is
irrelevent.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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