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May 27, 2014 5:37 pm at 5:37 pm #612897kedushaskohenMember
can he arrest or ticket other jews for non-halachic crimes? speeding by going 70mph instead of 55mph on highway to catch a minyan for example? can he show disrespect to a kohen if he is not a kohen by arresting him or ticketing him?
May 27, 2014 7:11 pm at 7:11 pm #1017389hashtagposterMember#of course,
I see no reason why not!
All these laws are made for our safety.
So, even if a man is running late to a minyan and above the limit, that’s not called miseras nefesh, it’s called endangering other nefashos.
#simple as that.
#I happen to know a couple Jewish policemen, all doing their jobs like they should.
And just cuz’ someone’s a kohen, doesn’t exempt him from following laws of the country they live in, unless it goes against our torah, which it doesn’t.
May 27, 2014 8:36 pm at 8:36 pm #1017390popa_bar_abbaParticipantWait, is a kohen generally not chayav in v’kidashto?
May 27, 2014 8:50 pm at 8:50 pm #1017391the plumberMemberBeing that which you mentioned is, in fact, against halacha (dina demalchusa dina)…
May 27, 2014 10:51 pm at 10:51 pm #1017392YeshivahackMemberBtw if some yid is driving over speed limit it might b a chiuv to call cops
1to save him from…….
2to save others
3like plumer said
Etc…….
May 27, 2014 11:42 pm at 11:42 pm #1017393To be or not to beMemberThere is a frum guy in boro park who is in the nypd on street patrol
May 28, 2014 1:02 am at 1:02 am #1017394charliehallParticipant” non-halachic crimes? speeding by going 70mph instead of 55mph on highway to catch a minyan for example?”
I don’t see why that is a non-halachic crime. Risking your life and the lives of others to catch a minyan is at best a mitzvah ha-ba b’aveirah!
May 28, 2014 2:52 am at 2:52 am #1017395I. M. ShluffinParticipantMy friend’s female relative is a frum police officer who has to (and is allowed, by idk whom) to wear pants for her job.
May 28, 2014 3:24 am at 3:24 am #1017396Little FroggieMemberThat was an old “sugya” in gemarah. I think we pasken ??? ??? ???? ????? ?? ?????, but I’m not sure. Any Talmudicians here?
May 28, 2014 5:36 pm at 5:36 pm #1017397squeakParticipantAbsolutely not. An officer is the janitor of police hierarchy. Obviously not every jew can be a commissioner, but at a minimum must be at least a lieutenant.
May 28, 2014 8:17 pm at 8:17 pm #1017398HaLeiViParticipantRisking your life and the lives of others to catch a minyan is at best a mitzvah ha-ba b’aveirah!
What about going 70 on the Pallisades, is that also ‘risking your life’?
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