In a discussion of which crimes a person becomes invalid to serve as a witness, the Satmer Rebbe notes that in the case of mesira there is a dispute in the poskim what the sin the moser transgresses. He notes that the Panim Meiros holds that there is no Torah prohibition violated but that it is only a rabbinic prohibition even though we find that Chazal were more stringent with a moser then with all the Torah prohibitions and a moser is included with those we can lower into a pit to die. The Beis Meir disagrees with him and says moser in fact violates a Torah prohibition and it is included in the prohibition of lashon harah...
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How about a quick synopsis in the mother tongue of America?
ReplyDelete"Satmer Rebbe: Mesira is prohibited either as lashon harah or as a rabbinic prohibition"
ReplyDeleteSo is the Satmar Rebbe being more stringent in prohibiting mesira or more lenient than other poskim?
The Gemara in Bava Kama sounds like he is a garmi of a rodef and a garmi of a mazik. (grama and garmi are indirect causes of an action. There 5 opinions of the difference between a grama and garmi, including Rashi who maintains that there is no difference. Rambam maintains that a garmi is one who had in mind to damage with his action. SA seems to agree with the Rambam.)
ReplyDeleteAs nowadays, it is unlikely for one to be killed from a common moser to a normal government, the status of being a garmi of a rodef is questionable. Rabbi Eidensohn translated the Aruch Hashulchan and Tzitz Eliezer on the matter in his index on abuse.