[Avodah] Motive for the Restart of Smicha

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 03:52:52PM -0400, Joel Rich wrote:
> I would think that heavenly kappara might only be associated with heavenly
> established lashes

The aforementioned medieval batei din disagreed.

Also, misevara...

Misah is mechapeir, and Hashem allowed malkos from a non-beis din just as
He allowed someone's natural death.

Personally, I would think that any suffering that breaks one out of a
rote that includes sins would be mechaper. After all, they effected
teshuvah-like change by giving an opportunity to think about resuming
one's old ways.

-Micha

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