[Avodah] Motive for the Restart of Smicha
Joel Rich
joelirarich at mail.gmail.com
Thu Jul 20 12:52:52 PDT 2023
On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 1:44PM Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> There is a long history of the rabbinate, without semichah, using
> corporeal punishment as needed for the survival and integrity of the
> community.
> You need a beid din of semuchim for obligatory malkus, but that's not
> the only case in which corporeal punishment is permitted.
> So, what could they accomplish that could only be done through semichah?
I would think that heavenly kappara might only be associated with heavenly
established lashes
kt
joel rich
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