<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 4:36 PM Micha Berger via Avodah <<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
The stam beraisa (AZ 18b) prohibited going to itztadinin (stadia) mipenei<br>
moshav leivim. R' Nasan permits, because he may be able to scream and<br>
save someone, or at least prevent his widow from becoming an agunah.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How are we defining moshav leitzim? We often use the word "scoffer", but that doesn't seem to fit here. Rashi uses the phrase "s'chok v'leitzanus" to explain what happens at a karkom (Rashi says siege), as well as explaining bukyon, mukyon, lulyon, and salgaryon as being "minei leitzanim" - but would this definition of leitzanus apply more to a football game than to a baseball game? </div><div><br></div><div>Interestingly, the Bach changes the phrase "she-hein moshav leitzim" by the stadium to "she-hein shofchei damim", which may tilt the discussion back toward your particular concern over violent sports.</div><div><br></div><div>Josh</div></div></div>