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<div>The Chatam Sofer (Chulin 9b) says that it’s pashut why sakanta is different from issura since by issura its hkb”h who made the rules so if he said we can rely on rov it’s fine whereas by sakanta even a minority endangered can’t be brought back from the
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<div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;">So:</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;">1. How does this square with strong form of timtum haleiv?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;">2. How do you explain to amcha the difference between halachic reality and reality reality?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;">3. Why is spiritual danger treated as less concerning than physical?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:8pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;">4. How do we define sakanah (as in leidat hasafeik?) and who defines it? Is it based on the individual’s perception or is it based on the community’s? This is a subset of a greater
question which I’ve never gotten my arms around - when do we set standards based on the individual when we based on the community?<font color="#1F497D">(</font>For example, by Yom Kippur the definition of the minimal measurement for drinking is based on the
individual but for eating it’s an objective standard (Chazal understood inuy was physically different for eating and drinking based on….)<font color="#1F497D">)</font></span></font></div>
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<div><font size="4"><span style="font-size:16pt;">KT<br>
Joel Rich</span></font></div>
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