<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><<Don't we learn the same thing from the story of David & Naval. Naval had his own people to guard/herd/ranch his flocks. David and his followers (the meforshim describes them as worse) guard his flock without being hired and then confront Naval for payment that he is due. They were ready to kill Naval over this.>><div>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div>The question wasnt the source of the gemara. This is also paskened in SA. The question was that assuming that David and his gang were not performing any services that Naval couldn't have arranged by himself</div>
<div>what is the moral justification for demanding payment from Naval.</div><div>As indciated this is not a question, that I am aware, that appears in standard commentaries, It is a question based more on an American outlook on rights </div>
</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div>
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