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<DIV>R. Zev Sero wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>“<FONT face="Times New Roman">Moshiach is a melech, and not bound by the
rules of a beis din.”</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">You are obviously referring to Rambam,
Melachim P. 3: 8, 10. However this refers to judgments that are within the scope
of the Melech such as a moreid, or letakein ha’olom kefi ma shehasho’o
tzricha. This does not however give him the right to usurp ordinary judgments
that normally would fall to a beis din (and disregard such niceties as eidus
that the Torah requires), unless he is the av beis din (possible for malchei
beis Dovid) and does follow the rules of Torah for eidus like any other beis din
and does not simply follow his nose in these judgments. Furthermore, in the
category of cases like moreid and shehasho’o tzricha, all the Melech needs to do
is simply assert his position as he feels correct for ANY Melech – he does not
even need the power of moreiach veda’in to prove his position. So mimonafshoch,
in either case he either may not, or has no need of the power to be moreiach
veda’in.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kol tuv</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Chaim Manaster</FONT></DIV>
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