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Eliakim Katz and Yaacov Rosenberg z”l | 124 The problem is that Rashbag’s ruling ostensibly contradicts the fundamental halakhic principle that a person is obliged to distance a potential sinner from the sin . In other words, Jewish law requires a person to try and stop another from committing a sin ( transgression ) . 6 It is not surprising, therefore, that Rashbag’s ruling, which appears to flout this principle, has generated significant consternation in rabbinical discussions over the last 1500 years or so . Drawing on both economic theory and on attempts by generations of interpreters of the Talmud to explain Rashbag’s ruling, we show that he did not ignore the principle that one must distance a potential sinner from sinning . To demonstrate this, we rely on the distinction between social laws bein adam le’chavero ) , and laws that have no social component ( bein ( adam la - makom ) , henceforth referred to as deicentric . Specifically, we show that Rashbag’s ruling may be explaine...
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