<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Cantor Wolberg <<a href="mailto:cantorwolberg@cox.net">cantorwolberg@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style=""><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I'm curious what some of your reactions are to the concept of heter mechira. It should be pointed out that the Gemara</span></font> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">is replete with examples of avoiding a Halachic prohibition by transferring title of ownership of a particular item (Maaser Sheni 4:5, Tosefta Pesachim chapter 2, Beitzah 17a, and Nedarim 48a). In fact, the Gemara (Bechorot 3b) even encourages selling an animal to a non-Jew before it gives birth for the first time to avoid the restrictions regarding a Bechor. Moreover, Mechirat Chametz has developed into a yearly routine in observant communities, though it is not quite the same.</span><div>
<font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Kol tuv.</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">ri</span></font></div>
</div></blockquote></div><br>See the Tur in early hiclhos shabbos about being mafkir one's behaeima bein l'vein atzmo on Shsbbos in order to avoid the prohibition in the Ten commandments of working one's animal!<br>
<br>Now I am NOT saying we pasken like that , but the Tur DOES bring it as a valid opinion! FWIW Some have said that these kinds of heteirim were bad precdents and are fore-funners of Liberalism in Jewish Halachah.. <br>
<br><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>