<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Because it is accepted that dina d'malchusa dina (or even the conventions of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">merchants) applies when it comes to kinyanim regarding buying and selling.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">And under English common law (which applies in Israel in this context) the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">picking up of the item from the supermarket shelves only constitutes an</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"offer", which they store owner is free to accept or reject. >></span><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">If I understand Chana correctly she is arguing that Dina DeMalchuta overrides</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">halacha in making a kinyan. According to this using money to buy a moveable</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">is a kinyan because of dina demalchuta even though the gemara explictly states that</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">it is not a kinyan.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">First without a proof I find this hard to believe. Second why the need for simtuta</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">why not just use dina demalchusa. Some modern articles struggle to justify buying</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">articles on the internet (perhaps using simtuta) why not just use dina demalchuta?</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">kol tuv<br clear="all">
</font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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