Reply To: Kabbalas Loshon Horo

I can’t answer your point until I know your position in my question. The case we are discussing is the one with the askan. I brought in the Sakanah case as a “boundary case” to clarify the questions. Getting stuck in the technicalities of the example is not the point, which is why I asked my final question.

While you are correct that you must protect yourself from safek sakanah, please believe me that there are big halachic differences between safek and vadai. I don’t have time to check the mareh mekomos up now and I don’t remember them offhand, but I’m sure the Beis Yosef right at the end of Choshen Mishpot (426?) brings one example.

For arguments sake, please accept that there are differences between Sofek and Vadai. That being true, it is a perfect example for my original question.

So, would you classify this case as a safak or vafai sakanah? You believe you are in danger, although you are not allowed to believe this – you may only ‘suspect’.