Monday, April 26, 2021

Extradition in Jewish Law

 https://www.jlaw.com/Articles/extradition_in_jewish_law.html

 In summary: As we have seen, it is indisputable that in principle, just as one should not return a runaway slave who has fled to freedom, so one should not harbor criminals who have fled justice; rather we are obligated to see that they face trial. The source of this double principle is in the Torah itself: "Do not deliver a slave to his master," on the one hand; and "He shall be taken to die from my altar," on the other. The principle of just punishment is especially fundamental in the case of a murderer: "Nothing is as objectionable to the Torah as bloodshed... which entails the destruction of society."

5 comments:

  1. Here's a detailed halachic analysis:

    https://achaslmaala.blogspot.com/2016/06/mesira-xiv-we-have-to-kill-beastie.html

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  2. Rabbi Eidensohn, why are you deleting comments referring to Yechezel Hirschman's blog where he very thoroughly and very halachicly, fully citing many Torah/Halachic sources, goes into great details about the halachic issue of extradition in Jewish Law?

    Even if you disagree with him, if you cannot refute his halachic points it is no reason to censor bringing them here or referring to them.

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  3. He is showing great ignorance of basic halacha or is simply ignoring the many sources that
    I have cited that disagree with him
    in other words, whose opinion do you prefer Hirschman or Rav Sterbuch etc.

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  4. Between the three to five articles he's written on his site regarding this issue, he's very thoroughly addressed almost every point, pro and con.

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