tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post5543319978605985963..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Kedoshim, Vayikra 19:15. Lo Sisa P'nei Dal- Do Not Favor the Poor in LitigationEliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-58863835450489913272014-04-28T10:22:42.791-05:002014-04-28T10:22:42.791-05:00You're right. I'll have to write this one...You're right. I'll have to write this one over. I don't know how it got in- it looks like an unedited version. The achronim do talk about this at length, such as the Shev Yaakov, brought here<br />http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49187&st=&pgnum=632Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-57115516958825062832014-04-28T08:28:32.902-05:002014-04-28T08:28:32.902-05:00The Bach's discussion there is that Beis Din ...The Bach's discussion there is that Beis Din can force people to do Lifnim Mishuras Hadin; based on this a beis din can judge in favor of a poor person because the wealthy person has a court-enforceable obligation of Lifnim Mishuras Hadin. So it seems its not a blanket rule to help the poor person win his case vs. a wealthy person; its only whne the halacha of Lifnim Mishuras Hadin is operative.<br /><br />Perhaps Lifnim Mishuras Hadin is not a midas chassidus but a halacha in hilchos mammon, "m'ikar hadin" (so to speak)? So it would be in the realm of beis din and its powers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com