[Avodah] RMA

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

On another issue I had quoted RMA as saying that one who doesnt believe in
a creator has no punishment or reward for keeping mitzvot. After 120 years
he will be punished only for being an atheist but for each individual sin.
Hence, there is no problem of "lifne iver" . In particular in the frequent
case a religious doctor can ask an atheist to take over for him on shabbat
(wouldnt apply to a chiloni doctor who does beleive in G-d)

This applies only to mitzvot like shabbat. Of course an atheist can't claim
that he is not bound by sins like murder because he doesnt believe in G-d.
An atheist will be punished for all moral sins that he commits and all
usual laws of :lifne iver" etc apply to all moral commandments.

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He is now starting a series on religious autonomy. In particular he holds
that one goes to a rabbi for a psak only if he is in doubt. If one has
seriously learned the halachaot and is convinced of the "truth" then he
should follow his own psak and there is no need to go to a "higher
authority".

He was asked what if the personal psak goes against the generally accepted
psak. His answer was that in theory the same holds. However, a person
should have enough humility that if he is a "daas yachid" he better be
awfully sure that he is right.



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Eli Turkel
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