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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Michael responded:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Sovar v'kibbel ("He
thought and he accepted") can only be a halacha in daas, and thus can only
work in an area where daas is relevant. In dinei mamonus, I have the right to
be mochel, so B"D understands that your participating implies a thought-out
(savar) acceptance (kibel) of the risk. For dinei nefashos, where mechila is
irrelevant i.e. daas isn't a p'tur, assumptions about daas kol shekein will not
generate a p'tur.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is it not clear that in defining the types of
activities that are “acceptable and not too risky” like bungee
jumping etc., we use people of a particular society or culture to make that evaluation?
Well, that’s something to do with diney nefashos and yet we see the
mindset of the people is critical in establishing the acceptable standards. Surely
it is not too great a leap to argue that we determine the scales of Shoggeg and
Mezzid by taking in to account the Sovar Vekibbel of the participants in this
dangerous game. BTW I assume that Halacha did not forbid playing this game because
it was, at least in those times, a fairly acceptable risk taking behaviour even
though it offered no benefit and there was no need to engage in such
activities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>meir<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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