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דפוס פראג 544

Teshuvot Maharam · Prague Edition, Chapter 544

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    תקמד. כתב בספר הגאונים משומד שמת אין חייבי' להתאבל עליו וראי' מפ' נגמר הדין (סנהדרין מ"ז ע"א) על הרוגי ב"ד לא הי' מתאבלי' אלא אוננים אע"פ שהרוגי ב"ד יש להם כפרה וכ"ש משומד שאין לו כפרה וגיהנם כלה והם אינם כלים ועליהם נאמר ויצאו וראו בפגרי וגו' ואע"פ שרבינו גרשם התאבל על בנו שבועיים לית הלכתא כותי' אך מרוב אנינות עשה. ושלום.

    Q. A was involved in a litigation with B and C who were powerful leaders of the community. They summoned A to the local court. A, however, claimed that he could expect no justice in that court since B and C were in a position to overawe the judges, and A himself would be mentally intimidated and thus be unable to put forth his claims in the proper fashion.
    A. A may force B and C to try the case in a court of a neighboring town.
    The author adds: In a similar case my grandfather R. Isaac permitted R. Eliezer to refuse to appear before the court of Troyes in his litigation with R. Abraham because the latter was the leader of that town. For the same reason R. Samson b. Abraham permitted the bridegroom, R. Samson, a resident of Troyes, to refuse to appear before that court. R. Judah of Paris dealt similarly with R. Yom Tov b. Eliezer. I decided, therefore, to follow my elders.
    SOURCES: Pr. 546; Berl. pp. 318–319 no. 677.

Hebrew: Teshuvot Maharam bar Barukh, Budapest, 1895 · Public Domain

English: Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, his life and his works, by Irving A. Agus. Philadelphia, 1947 · Public Domain

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